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224 West 57th Street n /V- 

New York 19, N. Y. 


This directory is a "work in progress". The Division of Foreign 
Information Research (Outpost Service Bureau, N. Y.) is establish¬ 
ing contact with a great many American organizations, particularly 
those in the fields of science, medicine, the arts, and education, 
and is reporting on their current programs in the form of the 
entries that follow. 

Almost 200 groups have been reached so far. However, there will 
be a lag between the initial contact and the final report. The 
editorial job, the clearance of the statement by the agency in 
question, and the mechanical details of printing occasion this 
delay. New reports will be sent to Outposts as rapidly as these 
tasks are accomplished. 

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Instructions to the users of the directory will also be forwarded 
with new reports so that as the directories expand they may match 
the organization of the master volume. 

The entries following were not selected as ones especially suited 
for the debut of the directory. Up to now, the organizations 
interviewed have been largely those with headquarters in New York 
City. Field trips are now being planned which will take FIRD 
staff members to other cities where important national associa¬ 
tions and societies maintain their home offices. Within a few 
months, as the directory grows, it will achieve a natural balance 
among professional groups regardless of the geographical location 
of the parent office. 

To give the directory users "the shape of things to come", the 
list (that follows the reports herein) gives the names of the 
agencies which FIRD has reached as of February 14, 1945, and 
for which reports are already in preparation. Time has not per¬ 
mitted the preparation of the full list of American organizations 
on which the FIRD hopes to report before the directory may be 
considered as completed. 

This list also demonstrates an attempt to group these organiza¬ 
tions by categories which represent their fields of interest. 

An organization may have broad interests and fit in more than 
one category. In other words, this list is the first step 
towards cross-indexing. As the directory enlarges, each copy 
will be furnished periodically with a revision of this index. 

It is assumed that the Outpost will find many uses for the in¬ 
formation contained in this directory. The societies repre- 









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sented, for the most part, are ones which maintained an inter¬ 
national program or international connections before the war. 

They have all responded with great cordiality to the oppor¬ 
tunity presented to them by FIRD to work again with their 
counterparts overseas. Outpost information personnel may com¬ 
municate to organizations in their locality this eagerness on 
the part of the American groups. As previous statements con¬ 
cerning this directory have stressed, it is important to en¬ 
courage exchanges between groups and individuals with similar 
professional interests in America and countries abroad. The 
entry in the directory concerning an American organization is 
simply one of the tools which may be used to build this system 
of exchanges, and each organization represented can be approached 
again by FIRD with any specific problem or service coming from 
Outposts on behalf of an equivalent organization overseas. 

To repeat: 

(1) The FIRD has not yet been able to visit organizations in 
every field of professional, technical and cultural activity. 

As we move ahead a great many more agencies will be added to 
the cross-reference lists and new reports will be forwarded for 
inclusion in the directory. 

(2) The agencies so far visited do not represent a selection 
that was designed particularly for the "first edition". It is 
true that an attempt was made to contact key, master or council 
type agencies first because they can speak and act for many af¬ 
filiates. However, because interviewing has so far been con¬ 
fined to New York City, even some agencies of this type with 
headquarters elsewhere in the country are yet to be visited. 

(3) The statement on an organization in the directory is 
simply an attempt to give a quick summary of its purpose, 
organization, international interests or activities, wartime 
operations, membership requirements and major publications. 

Many of these organizations represent a group of important 
services or storehouses of information. These resources may 
be tapped by FIRD in the interest of establishing an exchange 
of information with equivalents abroad. 


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THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCI MCE 


A learned society in the fields of economics, political science, the 
social sciences and public law. 

Fayerweather Hall Telephones University 4-3200 

Columbia University 
New York 27, N. Y. 

Miss Caroline D. Monnot, Assistant to the Director 

FUHFOSEs Its "object is the cultivation of the political sciences and 
their application to the solution of social and political problems. It 
seeks to inform public opinion by meetings and publications." It has "en¬ 
deavored to uphold the ideals of scholarship, scientific procedure and 
impartial investigation in the fields of economics, politics and public 
law." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION s The Academy of Political Science was organized in 1880, 
and throughout its career has been recognized as one of the leading scienti¬ 
fic organizations for the presentation of genuine contributions to the con¬ 
cepts of economics and government. The Academy represents a cross section 
of the thinking of America, and draws its membership from interested 
people from each geographic section of the country and from widely varying 
schools of economic and political convictions. 

The Academy is financed mainly by membership dues, income from invest¬ 
ments and sales of publications. The officers are: Lewis W. Douglas, 
president; Thomas J. Watson and Leo Wolman, vice-presidents; Noel T. 

Dowling, secretary; Sam A. Lewisohn, treasurer; Ethel Warner, director. 

OPERATIONS : The two main activities of the Academy are its semi-annual 
meetings and its publications. The meetings deal with topics related to 
current economic, political and social problems. After each meeting an 
issue of the Proceedings is published to provide the addresses and dis¬ 
cussions in permanent form. The meetings have been held for 65 years, while 
the Proceedings have appeared since 1910. The meeting held April 1945, in 
cooperation with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was on 
"World Organization - Economic, Political and Social." 

In addition to the Proceedings , the Academy publishes the Political Science 
Quarterly . The Quarterly is edited for the Academy by the Faculty of Politi¬ 
cal Science of Columbia University. Always timely and presenting the de¬ 
finitive contributions of noted experts, these articles constitute a great 
aid to students of modern affairs. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Academy has had many foreign subscribers; 
over 1300 before the war. The Academy has stockpiled copies of its publi¬ 
cations for subscribers abroad, and has also stockpiled for the American 
Library Association which has purchased subscriptions to the Quarterly and 
the Proceedings . 















THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE -2- 

MEMBERSHIP ; The Academy has over 9000 members. Annual dues are $5.00. 
Life membership is $100.00 0 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Political Science Quarterly , included with membership privileges; 
$1.00 per copy to others Q 

Proceedings , included with membership privileges; $2.50 per copy to 
others. 







THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS 

and 

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS 

Two organizations honoring by election men and women who have distinguish¬ 
ed themselves by their achievements in art, music and literature,, 

633 West 155th Street Telephone: Audubon 3-1260 

New York, N. Y u 

Felicia Geffen, Assistant to the President of the Academy and 
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Institute 

PURPOSE : To stimulate in every way possible the furtherance of literature 
and the fine arts in the United States, as well as to strengthen our cul¬ 
tural relations with other countries. 

ORGANIZATION : The National Institute of Arts and Letters was founded in 
1898 and incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1912 0 Among the founders 
were Henry Adams, John Bigelow, Samuel L 0 Clemens ("Mark Twain"), Bret 
Harte, John Hay, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Henry Cabot Lodge, 

John LaFarge, Frederick MacMonnies, Charles Eliot Norton, Theodore Roose¬ 
velt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Woodrow Wilson. 

The members of the Institute are limited to two hundred and fifty native 
or naturalized citizens qualified by consistently notable achievement over 
a period of years in art, music, and literature. Arthur Train is presi¬ 
dent; Henry Seidel Canty, secretary; and Philip James, treasurer. 

The American Academy of Arts and Letters, founded by the Institute in 
1904, consists of a group of fifty chosen exclusively from its own members 
to give them greater distinction. The Directors of the Academy are headed 
by Walter Damrosch, president; James Truslow Adams, chancellor-treasurer 
and Van Wyck Brooks, secretary. The two organizations, with a single 
purpose, function together in many of their activities. 

At annual public ceremonials the Institute and the Academy give medals 
and awards to members or non-members for special achievements, as well as 
"Arts and Letters Grants" to artists, composers and writers not members. 

The Gold Medal of the Institute is awarded annually to a citizen of the 
United States, for distinguished services in arts or letters, based on 
the entire work of the recipient. It is given every. eleventh year for 
distinction in fiction, sculpture, essays and criticism, music, history 
and biography, architecture, drama, painting, poetry, graphic arts. 

The Institute’s special Order of Merit, a medal accompanied ty a money 
prize is conferred from time to time upon some citizen of the United 
States, not a member of the Institute, for exceptionally distinguished 
service in civic work. 






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and 

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS 

The Academy offers the Gold Medal of the Academy, the Howells Medal, the 
Medal for Good Diction on the Stage, and the Award of Merit, a money 
prize accompanied by a medal. 

The Institute and Academy also maintain a fund for the relief of artists, 
musicians and writers in financial difficulty who might otherwise be 
unable to pursue their work 0 They hold exhibitions of works by members 
and by recipients of Arts and Letters Grants, and sponsor contests for 
public and high school students 0 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES : In 1943, and again in 1944 the Academy gave $2,000 
to the Armed Forces Master Records, Inc„. and to the Citizens Committee 
for the Army and Navy, Inc. $1,000 (1943) for triptychs for chapels and 
recreation rooms of the Army, Navy and Air Forces 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Institute has elected 24 Honorary Associate 
members from foreign countries, among them T 0 S„ Eliot, Augustus E„ John, 

Hu Shih, Diego Rivera, G. B. Shaw, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Franz Werfel 
and Sigrid Undset. Among the Honorary Corresponding members of the Aca¬ 
demy are Gerhart Hauptmann, Thomas Mann, John Masefield, Jan Sibelius, 

George Santayana 0 

The Academy has always maintained the most cordial relations with the French 
Institute and particularly the French Academy, and members from both coun¬ 
tries have participated in the other's ceremonies,. For the inauguration 
of the new Arts and Letters' building in 1930, guests of honor came from 
Argentina, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nor¬ 
way and Spain,, There has also been an exchange exhibit of paintings with 
Englando 

PUBLICATIONS : Both the Institute and Academy publish a Yearbook and the 
Academy publishes a book of Commemorative Tributes to deceased members. 









American anthro?ological association 


A constituent of the American Council of Learned Societies and the 
Social Science Research Council, with representatives in the National 
Research Council. 

Catholic University Telephone: Michigan 6000 

Washington 17, D. C. B r# 142 


Regina Flannery, Secretary 

HJR10SE: The AAA is a society of anthropologists, united to foster 
communication among the members through an annual conference and 
otherwise; to publish research reports and other information regarding 
their field of study. 

ORGANIZATION : As of January 1945, the President is Neil Judd, U. S. 
National Museum; Vice-Presidents - W. C. McKern, Public Museum, Mil¬ 
waukee, and Frank G. Speck, University of Pennsylvania; Secretary as 
given above; Treasurer, Bella Weitzner, American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, N. Y. There are about 1100 members, mostly indi¬ 
vidual, but including libraries and other organization members. 

Anthropologists have two main lines of study: physical anthropology 
which deals with races, fossil human remains and the physical types and 
measurements of human beings in general; and cultural anthropology 
which deals with technology, art, social organization and religion. 

The cultural anthropologist often works with the archaeologist in 
studying the material "artifacts" left by prehistoric and historic 
men, and with the student of primitive and other non-Indo-European 
languages. A growing role is played by social anthropology, a branch 
of cultural anthropology which deals with customs and social organization, 
mostly of living human groups whic v can be observed and interviewed. 

That the groups studied are mostly "primitive" or less advanced peoples 
is due only to the fact of their eater variety. The same methods of 

study can be and are increasingly used with fully civilized peoples. 

The well known "Middletown" studies by the Lynds combined the methods 
of social anthropology and sociology in observing a modern American 
community. Increasing attention is also being given by anthropologists 
to culture-and-personality studies. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : There are numerous members abroad, mainly 
in the British Empire and in Latin Am rica. A special committee under 
Melville J. Herskovits, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has 
been appointed to investigate the status and whereabouts of anthropolo¬ 
gists abroad with whom contact has been lost. 

Most of the field research work of anthropologists is done abroad — 
among the less highly advanced peoples — and among American'Indian 






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groups in t’-is country. Various members of the society entertain 
foreign anthropologists visiting the United States. The international 
contacts of anthropologists are numerous; they are mainly according to 
individual interests and projects rather than through formal affilia¬ 
tions*. 

In the summer of 1943 Dr. Margaret Mead and Dr. Robert S. Lynd visit¬ 
ed Great Britain under the auspices of the Ofil. Their anthropological 
background made them specially fitted to interpret American culture 
to Great Britain and, upon their return, British culture to America. 
Anthropologists differ from most other students of pur lie affairs in 
that they emphasize t v e long-range customary ways of life, and the 
basic attitudes of a country, rather t v an t^e details of day-by-day 
events and problems. 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES : The war h a s opened up non-academic op;ortunities 
for anthropologists such as never existed before. They h a ve been 
appointed by governments to study the habits and attitudes of colonial 
peoples, enemy peoples, and others, with a view toward more intelli¬ 
gent guidance of policies. Their techniques h a ve been found to 
furnish valuable insight for improving the efficiency of business con¬ 
cerns and social institutions — an insight over and above that which is 
furnished by psyc v ologists, economists and t v e usual management ex¬ 
perts. The anthropologist is an expert in discovering t^e subtle, 
unwritten, and often unspoken attitudes and customs which operate in 
any group of people and profoundly affect its efficiency. 

For example. Dr. Margaret Mead, as secretary of the Committee on Food 
v abits of the National Research Council, has been guiding and stimu¬ 
lating research to discover how the existing, knowledge of nutrition 
can actually be "sold” to people by finding the most effective chan¬ 
nels of dissemination an the ways of circumventing food prejudices. 

This committee includes several anthropologists and h a s published rt- 
ports on food habits of peoples whom the United States may help to 
feed. These reports have been used by American government agencies and 
UNRRA. 

Many members of the AAA h a ve joined to form a Society for Applied 
Anthropology, which now publishes Applied anthroiology (quarterly; 

$5 per year; Assistant Treasurer, Gordon Donald, I sycMatric Labora¬ 
tories, General Hospital, Boston, Mass.) Other members of the AAA 
have set up the Institute for Intercultural Studies. 

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MEMBERSHIP: All are eligible - $6 per year. Members receive the 
American Anthropologist and the Memoirs of the American Anthropological 
Association. 


i ubli cations : 


American An thropologist ; quarterly; for members only, J, Alden 
Mason of University Museum, Ihiladelphia, is the Editor. The American 












AMERICAN ANT T !ROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 


Anthropologist is also the organ of t^e American Ethnological Society, 
the Anthropological Society of Washington and the ihiladelphia An¬ 
thropological Society. 

Memoirs of the American Anthropological Society , as issued. 

There are now 64 numbers of the Memoirs at various prices — some 
out of print. 

The General Index of all publications of the AAA, 1929-1938, 
is available at $1.50. 

All requests concerning membership, subscriptions and publications 
should be addressed to the Treasurer, Bella Weitzner, American Museum 
of Natural history. New York, N. Y. 






















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T”E AMERICAN ART RESEARCH COUNCIL 


A cooperative organization sponsored by museums and universities. 

10 West 8th Street Telephone: Spring 7-0770 

New York, N. Y. 


Lloyd Goodrich, Director 


PURI-USE : "To conduct and promote research in American art. In parti¬ 
cular, the Council is forming records of the works of American artists 
of the past and present, and assisting others to do so." (Official 
Statement) 


ORGANIZATION : "The Council is the result of a need for more complete 
and reliable information on American art. T^e most important thing 
about an artist is his work. To locate and identify it, to separate 
the genuine from the false, and to make a permanent record of it, are 
among the most valuable functions of research." (Official Statement) 


Feeling the need of a broader cooperative effort, the Whitney Museum 
of American Art in 1942 proiosed that the museums of the country 
sponsor a central agency for research in American art. Directors and 
representatives of 15 leading museums met in April, 1942, and agreed 
to establish the American Art Research Council. An Advisory Committee 
was formed, which has since been broadened to include representatives 
of 30 museums and universities. The officers of the council are: 
Juliana Force, chairman; Lloyd Goodrich, director; Hermon More, 
arsociate director; Rosalind Irvine, secretary. 


OPERATIONS: For its initial program, the Council selected fifty promin- 
ent artists of the past on whom little or no research had been done. 
Records of their work are being compiled, with photographs and informa¬ 
tion as to medium, size, signature, date, history, past owners, auction 
sales, exhibitions, reproductions, and published references. Museums 
and owners have been asked to cooperate, and in this way a complete 
inventory is being formed. 

In addition, the Council selected 100 contemporary artists who have 
been asked to furnish lists of their work with essential data. The 
Council is compiling complete catalogues of a smailer number of 
standing contemporaries in cooperation with the artists themselves. 

These first-hand records will form a permanent source of information 
for the future, as well as a sure safeguard against forgery. 

Aside from carrying on research itself, the Council stimulates and aids 
res ear c’' in American art conducted by other institutions and individuais 
1+ acts as a clearing house for information, helping students avoid 
duplication and directing their efforts toward subjects in need of study 






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It maintains contact with all research workers in the American field 
and secures information about their projects. A catalogue is kept of 
res arch in progress or completed, but not published. 

The Council works closely with colleges; a special committee of t^e 
College Art Association acts as a liaison and consultative group wit** 
the Council. Seven universities are represented on the Council's 
Advisory Committee. All colleges are asked to register with the Council 
the subjects of graduate theses in the American field, as well as 
undergraduate theses of sufficient importance. 

Mth the assistance of laboratory technicians in museums and elsewhere, 
a catalogue is being'compiled of all scientific photographic material. 

Opinions as to the authenticity of American works of art are secured 
for museums and colleges, but t^is service does not yet extend to 
individuals. 

PUBLICATIONS ; The Council is planning to publish records of artists' 
work. The first publication will be a catalogue of the work of the 
late Marsden Hartley, 




AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUDIT EDUCATION 


Independent educational organization interested in the promotion 
of adult education and acting as a clearinghouse for information 
in this field. 

525 West 120th Street Telephone: University 4-7000 

New York 27» N. Y. Extension 43 

Morse A. Cartwright, Director 

PURPOSE: "Organized in Chicago in March, 192b, for the purpose 
of furthering the idea of education as a continuing process 
through life, following a series of regional and national con¬ 
ferences of persons interested in adult education, called by the 
Carnegie Corporation." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Association opened offices in New York City in 
May, 1^2b. During its first decade it served as a clearinghouse 
for information in the field of adult education; assisted enter¬ 
prises already in operation; helped organizations and groups to 
initiate activities in adult education and aided and advised indi¬ 
viduals who, although occupied with some primary vocation or inter¬ 
est, desired to continue their education. An extensive library of 
books and pamphlets for the use of members of the Association and 
the public was assembled at headquarters. 

In order to discover the meaning and estimate the worth of adult 
education as a social movement, the Association in 1936 undertook 
a study of the social significance of adult education. The find¬ 
ings were issued in a series of studies, the last of which was 
published in 194l. 

In the fall of 1940, the executive board of the Association voted 
to undertake a program to relate the nation-wide adult education 
movement to national defense by increasing opportunities for dis¬ 
cussing democratic processes. This program called for an increase 
in the number of local adult education councils, a series of 
regional conferences on adult education and defense, and the 
issuance of publications designed to promote the discussion of 
defense problems. 

From 1926 to 194l, the Association was supported chiefly by a 
series of five-year grants from the Carnegie Corporation. With 
the expiration of these grants, the Corporation decided that it 
could best serve adult education by providing funds for the es¬ 
tablishment of an Institute of Adult Education at Teachers Col¬ 
lege, Columbia University. The Institute works closely with the 





AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION -2- 


AAAE. Since this country*e entrance into the war, the Institute’s 
program has been directed chiefly at problems related to the suc¬ 
cessful prosecution of the war and preparation for the postwar 
era. 

The Association cooperates with other national organizations, in¬ 
cluding the American Library Association, the National Education- 
Recreation Council, the National University Extension Association, 
the National Education Association, etc. It maintains a Com¬ 
mittee on International Adult Education, of which Dr. Alexander 
Meiklejohn, educator, currently (194MJ45) is the chairman. 

Iyman Bryson, educational director for the Columbia Broadcastii^ 
System, is the 19 M - > 4 5 president of the Association; Morse A. 
Cartwright, executive officer, Institute of Adult Education of 
Teachers College, Columbia University, is the director. The 
Association holds annual meetings, and occasionally sponsors 
regional and state meetings. 

MEMBERSHIP: Membership in the Association is open to organira- 
tions whose educational work is not conducted for profit, to 
individuals who are either teachers or students, and to all those 
who wish to make their contribution to the furthering of the idea 
of education as a continuing growth through life. 

Annual dues: For organizations or institutions - $ 3 . 

For individuals - $2. 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Adult Education Journal , quarterly, free to members. 
Subscriptions $2 a year 

The Inter-Council Newsletter, issued bi-monthly by 
the Institute of Adult Education of Teachers College, 
in cooperation with the AAAE 

The Association issues numerous books and pamphlets in the field. 
Among these is a series. The Peoples Library, an outcome of the 
studies carried on over a period ofyears by the Committee on 
Readable Books of the AAAE. The results of these studies were 
interesting enough to encourage the Macmillan Company to assume 
joint financial responsibility with the Association for the pub¬ 
lication and distribution of the series. 








THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR EDU CATION,INC. 

A temporary educational agency in a specific field. 

135 West 44th Street Telephone: Bryant 9-3234 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Miss Mary Stewart French, Secretary 

HJHPOSE : To carry on an educational program in all parts of the 
United States to persuade the American people of the desirability 
of the establishment and maintenance of an international organi¬ 
zation or agency for education, which shall operate as an instru¬ 
ment to promote mutual understanding and peace; to inform the 
American people as to the operation of such an international or¬ 
ganization or agency when it is created and to collaborate with 
any other institutions now established or hereafter established 
having like purposes or aims; to conduct forums, meetings and 
radio programs; to issue publications, and to carry out an educa¬ 
tional program for the aforesaid purposes through such educational 
media as may be practicable for this end. 

ORGANIZATION ; The Association was organized in the early part of 
19U4, although some of its members had commenced work in 19^3• 

It has issued publications, provided speakers and collaborated 
with existing organizations in the promotion of the idea that the 
maintenance of enduring peace requires better understanding be¬ 
tween nations and peoples and international collaboration in the 
field of education and cultural relations; that to this end 
higher standards of education must be stimulated throughout the 
world, and greater exchange of information, educational tech¬ 
niques 8nd technicians must be made available. 

The Association is financed by voluntary contributions, subscrip¬ 
tions to its publications and foundation grants. It does not 
contemplate continuing its existence after an International Office 
of Education has been set up. The organization is a member of the 
Liaison Committee for International Education. 

The officers of the Association are: Dr. Howard Shapley, Harvard 
College Observatory, president; Dr. George N. Shuster, president 
of Hunter College, and James Marshall, New York City Board of 
Education, vice-presidents; Sylvan L. Joseph, former regional 
director of OPA, treasurer, and Miss Mary Stewart French, secre¬ 
tary. 















AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 


The over-all non-governmental organization of scientists in America 0 

Smithsonian Institution Bldg. 

Washington 25, D. C D 

F 0 Ro Moulton, Permanent Secretary 

PURPOSE ; To foster both the natural and social sciences and serve as an 
integrating agency for all of science 0 The Association”s purpose is based 
on the belief that though once scientists remained aloof from the ordinary 
currents of life, they now share responsibility for the influence of 
science upon society 0 

ORGANIZATION ; The AAAS was established in 1848 when science consisted 
largely of two sub-divisions; Natural Philosophy and Natural History 0 To 
provide for the increasing specialization which gradually developed in the 
sciences, the Association organized its work under 15 sections which together 
include practically all of the natural and social sciences; mathematics, 
physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology and geography, zoological sciences, 
botanical sciences, anthropology, psychology, social and economic sciences, 
historical and philological sciences, engineering, medical sciences, agri¬ 
culture, and education 

The Association cooperates with the specialized organizations which have de¬ 
veloped in their fields, admitting them as affiliated or associated societies. 
The AAAS supplements their work by providing opportunities for cooperation 
among scientists who are specialists in different fields. One hundred and 
five scientific societies and 36 academies of science are affiliated with 
AAAS. 

It is governed between meetings by an executive committee and the following 
officers; Charles F 0 Kettering, president? F. R 0 Moulton, permanent secre¬ 
tary; Otis Wo Caldwell, general secretary; W 0 E. Wrather, treasurer; Howard 
A 0 Meyerhoof, executive secretary^ Sam Woodley, assistant secretary. It 
maintains a Pacific Division and a Southwestern Division. As a non-govern¬ 
mental organization, the AAAS is distinguished from the National Academy 
of Sciences and the affiliated National Research Council which are char¬ 
tered by the Federal Government and have official responsibilities thereto. 

The annual meetings organized by the Association are conventions of several 
thousand scientists, at which 1500 to 2200 scientific papers are presented. 
Additional sectional meetings are held at various universities. The Asso¬ 
ciation provides financial support for scientific research. At each an¬ 
nual meeting it makes grants directly to individuals from the income receiv¬ 
ed from its permanent funds. In addition, it appropriates to each of its 
affiliated academies of science, for the support of research, fifty cents 
for each of its members who is also a member of the AAAS, leaving full 




AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE -2- 

responsibility for making awards with the academies 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g Before the war* the AAAS had members in 75 foreign 
countries,, Its publication, Scientific Monthly , is made available to 150 
libraries in South America„ Its official weekly Journal, Science , has a 
circulation throughout the world,, The counterpart of the AAAS in England 
is the British Association for the Advancement of Science,, 

MEMBERSHIP r Regular = $5°00 
Life - $100o00 


PUBLICATIONS : 

AoAoAoSo Bulletin , monthly„ 

Science ,, weekly,, $6„00 to non°members„ It is the official journal 
of the Association,, Contains addresses and papers by scientists, announce¬ 
ments and reports of meetings, scientific notes and news, obituaries, and 
book reviewso 

Scientific Monthly . An illustrated nontechnical journal usually con¬ 
taining nine principal articles, many of them by eminent authorities, dis¬ 
tributed over the various fields of the natural and social sciences, several 
short articles on current scientific events and discoveries, and reviews 
of nontechnical books on science„ 

Symposia (illustrated, cloth bound), range^ in price from $2„50 to $5<>00 
for non-members, less 50# for members„ 

The Association sponsors nontechnical books on subjects of wide general 
interest published by Doubleday Doran and Company, the Macmillan Company and 
Wo W 0 Norton Company„ 











AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE UNITED NATIONS. INC . 


An educational association working for the ideals of a United Nations 
organization and collective security. 

45 East 65th Street Telephone: Butterfield 8-8000 

New York 21, N. Y. 

William Emerson, President 

OBJECTIVES ; "The immediate objectives: 

"To conduct a nation-wide popular educational campaign 
for the United Nations Organization outlined at Dumbarton Oaks; 

"To study means by which the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals 
can be completed in such fields as trusteeship, strategic bases, 
human rights; and the procedure by which the League of Nations can be 
integrated into the new organization. 

"To conduct a campaign of education on behalf of the 
economic and social agencies which have been or will be created by 
the United Nations Organization. 

"The long-range objectives: 

"To study means by which the Organization can be develop¬ 
ed and extended, inasmuch as its establishment with American partici¬ 
pation is but the beginning of the building of a successful world 
community. 

"To hold ever before the people and the government the 
necessity of fulfilling the responsibilities which we assume." (Offic¬ 
ial Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : "The American Association for the United Nations, Inc., 

is a membership organization of private citizens all over the United 
States who believe that the best hope for durable peace lies in the 
establishment of a universal society of nations which has full United 
States support. 

"Established in 1923 as the League of Nations Association, its new 
national headquarters are at the Woodrow Wilson House, 45 Ehst 65th 
Street, New York. It has 15 regional offices throughout the country, 
and 55 local chapters in leading cities. It still faithfully supports 
the League of Nations ideals, and believes that those ideals will now 
find fulfillment through the United Nations. 

"It is a non-profit organization which is primarily engaged in public 
educational endeavors and in the sponsorship of studies and reports 
dealing with all phases of international organization. 

"Its research affiliate, the Commission to Study the Organization of 
Peace, made up of a panel of 125 experts, has issued many reports and 
special papers which have had wide acceptance both in this country and 
abroad. 





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"The Association prepares and distributes through its branches and 
through hundreds of national organizations which seek its materials, 
millions of free pamphlets. It maintains an extensive speakers bureau. 
It prepares materials for study groups; sponsors an annual nationwide 
high school contest in international organization; prepares new re¬ 
leases, articles and scripts for the press and radio; participates in 
providing a series of electrical transcriptions for local radio stations, 
furnishes clip sheets to weekly newspapers, and in general provides 
leadership or cooperation in all public and special educational under¬ 
takings consistent with the Association's purposes and policies. 

"Because millions of Americans do not yet have a full understanding 
of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and the importance of United States 
participation in an organization for world peace and security, the 
Association has launched an emergency, nation-wide campaign to spread 
information, to arouse wide discussion and to interpret developments 
leading to, and following, the United Nations Conference opening 
April 25 in San Francisco. This job cannot be done by government 
alone. 

"The campaign will use every educational publicity medium available. 

It will send speakers throughout the country. It will prepare and 
print thousands of free explanatory pamphlets. It will organize public 
forums and discussion groups, assist in the preparation of magazine 
articles, radio scripts and news materials. It will seek and urge 
similar activity from all public media and all like-minded organiza¬ 
tions . 

"It is financed by membership fees and by the special gifts of friends 
and a few foundations." (Official statement) 

The Association is controlled by a board of directors (39) and an 
executive committee and the following officers: honorary presidents: 

John H. Clarke, James T. Shotwell, Sumner belles; honorary vice presi¬ 
dents: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, John W. Davis, Michael Francis Doyle, 
George Fielding Eliot, Louis Finkelstein, Francis J. Haas, Manley 0. 
Hudson, Theodore Marburg, Francis J.* McConnell, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, 
Raymond Swing; president: William Qnerson; vice presidents: Mrs. 

Ehunons Blaine, Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Jamef Lees Laidlaw; treasurer: 
Frederick C. McKee; chairman executive committee: Hugh Moore: execu¬ 
tive director: Clark M. Eichelberger. 

An inquiry made on the future of the League of Nations, the World 
Court, and the International Labor Organization and the ways in which 
those bodies may best be utilized during and after the war was made 
in 1943 and 1944 and ultimately was presented in the form of a series 
of reports by American citizens who have been closely connected with 



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the League* s work, each uniting in his special field. This is publish¬ 
ed in book form, Pioneers in World Order , edited by Harriet Eager 
Davis, with reports by Raymond Fosdick, Arthur Sweetser, James T. 
Shotwell, Mary E. fcoolley, Laura Puffer Morgan, Manley 0. Hudson, 

Frank G. Baudreau, Carter Goodrich, Sarah ttambaugh, Huntington G. 
Gilchrist, Henry F, Grady, Mitchell R. Carroll, E. Dana Durand, Her¬ 
bert L. May, James G. McDonald, Elsa Castendyck and Malcolm VV. 

Davis. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTI VITIES : The League of Nations Association was a 
member of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies 
with its General Secretariat in Geneva at 14 Avenue de France. The 
Federation held annual conferences attended by delegates from all the 
40-odd countries having League of Nations societies. Mth the League 
of Nations Union in Ehgland (headed by Lord Cecil) the American Associa¬ 
tion has had closest connections and the two organizations will con¬ 
tinue to remain in close touch. 

PUBLICATIONS : Changing World , monthly, except August, $1.00 a year; 

10^ copy 

A wide variety of flyers and pamphlets dealing with 
the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, the United Nations Organization, and 
the Ltague of Nations. 

Fioneers in World Order . $2.75. 









AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS 


A non-technical organization concerned with the personal welfare of 
engineers. 

8 South Michigan Avenue Telephone: Randolph 9085 

Chicago 3, Illinois 

M. E. Mclver, Secretary-Treasurer 

PURPOSE : "To promote the social and economic welfare of the engi¬ 
neer, to stimulate public service in the profession, to encourape and 
develop the efficiency of the engineer, and to promote unity in the 
profession." (From its Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Association of Engineers was founded in 
1915. It is composed of 20 Chapters throughout the United States and, 
in communities that cannot now sustain Chapters, of Fellowship Clubs 
and A. A. E. Founders' Clubs. These smaller units, which have fellow¬ 
ship as a prime puroose, serve also as fact-finding agencies for the 
Association by keeping it informed about local engineering conditions. 
State directors are appointed by the Board of Directors to stimulate 
and coordinate the local groups. 

The Association sponsors registration laws for engineers, opposes 
unionism among the members of the profession, and advocates the engineer¬ 
ing code of ethics formulated by Isham Randolph in 1919. 

The Association is financed by membership dues. General management 
rests with national headquarters, directed by a national secretary 
responsible to the executive committee, and a board of directors elec¬ 
ted by the membership. The officers are W. H. Scales, president; Earl 
F. Ronneberg, vice-president; M. E. Mclver, secretary-treasurer. 

OPERATIONS : The most important national committees, which indicate the 
scope of the organization, are those on: Employment, which makes a 
survey of all factors affecting employment; Mediation, which repre¬ 
sents the membership in mediation matters and makes a complete study 
of labor relations in the engineering field; Legislation, which pro¬ 
motes universal and uniform adoption of improved license laws and ef¬ 
fective restriction of title; Get in Step, which stimulates engineering 
leadership of oublic opinion in regard to technolorical projects of 
government and developing solidarity for protection of professional 
interests; FraternalismJ Public Relations; Social Security; Engineering 
Opportunities in Allied Fields; Engineering Education and Schools. 

Among other services are those furnished through the book department, 
which fills orders for engineering pub 1 icationsJ employment service; 
insurance office; legal service bureau; and its information bureau 
which serves as a clearing-house for non-technical data on engineering. 






AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS -2- 

MEMBERSHIP t Senior members, members, and junior members must be pro¬ 
fessionally qualified, and student members must be enrolled in an ac¬ 
credited school of engineering. Associate members must be of high 
standing in the community and interested in promoting the social and 
economic status of the engineer, but need not be engineers themselves. 
Dues are from §2 to $15 a year. At present there are approximately 
6000 members. 

PUB L I C ATI2 N S: 

Professional Engineer , quarterly. 

Publicity Methods for Engineers . 

Vocational Guidance in Engineering Lines . 

Engineer*8 License Laws . 

Technologists* Stake in the Wagner Act 


Many other books and ramphlets. 










AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS 

A non-profit association for museums, the museum profession, and museum 
trustees and patrons 0 

Smithsonian Institution Telephones Metropolitan 1041 

Washington 25, D 0 C 0 


Laurence Vail Coleman, Director 

FURPOSEs w To help museums solve their problems and increase their 
usefulness! to promote the interests of the museum profession, contribute 
to the educational and administrative advancement of museums, an d 
assist in the establishment of new museums of desirable type 0 w 

(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATIONS The American Association of Museums was organized in 
1906o It represents museums of art, science, history and industry in 
the United States, and is in touch with related organizations» The Asso¬ 
ciation is governed by a board of 30 councilors who are museum trustees 
or directors, representing the museums of the country geographically and 
by subjectSo 

An annual three-day convention is held each spring which is attended by 
300 or more members and delegates 0 Special sessions are held by the 
following sections? art museums, science museums, history museums, nation¬ 
al and state parks, art technical, science technical, children 0 s museums, 
education, public relations, librarians, registrars, superintsndents 0 

The Association maintains a regular professional consulting service for 
those who come with museum problems and related questions 0 It gives 
advice through correspondence and by conference in office and field,. Many 
publications are issued to disseminate such information more widely,, 

The Association is working on a comprehensive study of museum planning 
and building„ The leading publications and plans and photographs have 
been gathered„ In field work, observations and notes have been made on 
the design, construction, arrangement and the use of recent buildings„ 

The Director of the Association is preparing this report, which is now 
nearing completion„ The importance of this study is underlined by the 
fact that museum building has been halted during the war and many museums 
are short of space 0 Museum planning and building will be major activities 
in the postwar years„ While the book is still in preparation, the Associa¬ 
tion is giving consultative aid to building committees and architects 0 
Museums all over the world will look to this report in the postwar period 
of reconstruction and expansion,, 




AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEDMS -2= 


During the war the Association has helped museums in making arrangements 
for storage and other protection,, and in promoting educational work® 
Through its paper, The Museum New & a an 8 or 12 page biweekly, the Asso^ 
ciation has kept museums in touch with each other 9 s activities and with 
conditions affecting worko Grants°in=aid have been made to museum 
people in the past for travel and study, however there are no fellowship 
funds at present 0 

The Association has assisted in financing projects of more than local 
importance,, It has organized and built museums embodying new ideas, 
and has started new lines of work in existing museums 0 It has promoted 
visual education in schools and the use of museums in colleges and uni¬ 
versities/ It has made possible the saving of many historic houses,. It 
has brought about increased support to museums for all of their efforts c 

MEMBERSHIP S The membership is made up of about 700 individuals (museum 
workers, trustees and patrons) paying dues of $5°00 per year and 300 in¬ 
stitutions (including most of the active museums in the United States, 
two in Hawaii and eight in Canada) contributing from $10 o 00 to $250 per 
year 0 

PUBLICATIONS : The Museum in America , (three volumes) $7o50„ 

Manual for Small Museums a $5 o 00 o 



College and University Museums 0 $l 0 25o 
Company Museums . $2o50„ 

Museum News , biweekly 0 


Many other publications not listed 0 A complete listing may be had on 
request„ Books published by the Association are available to members at 
20 per cent less than list price,, 












AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS 


An organization of 44 accredited schools of social work 0 


1313 East 60th Street Telephone? Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37, Illinois 


Leona Massqthp Executive Secretary 

PyfijPPSE§ w To develop and maintain standards of professional education 
for the field of social work| to provide advice and consultation to 
educational institutions interested in establishing schools of social 
work in accordance with membership standards of the Associations to 
provide advice and consultation to colleges and universities interested 
in developing sound programs of pre-professional education for social 
works to initiate and further curriculum revisions in the light of 
changing needs in the field of practice! and to promote^ through con¬ 
fer ence^ a discussion and clarification of problems of professional 
education 0 (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION? The American Association of Schools of Social Work is a 
national organization of forty-four member schools, each of which is an 
integral part of s or is affiliated with, an accredited college or uni- 
veristy 0 All member schools and those applying for membership must 
meet the Association 0 s standards for membership relative to organization, 
administrative entityj> director, faculty, and curriculum„ 


The Association is supported by membership dues and by special grants 
from the Russell Sage Foundation and the Field Foundation 0 A special 
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation made possible a study to determine training 
needs in the expanding public school services and to evaluate exist¬ 
ing professional curricula in relation to meeting these needs 0 


In addition to holding annual meetings, regional conferences are 
scheduled by the Association at intervals 0 

WARTIME OPERATIONS 8 The American Association of Schools of Social Work 
has joined with four other professional social work organizations in 
forming a Wartime Committee on Personnel 0 It is the function of this 
committee to increase the supply of trained personnel in the field of 
social work during war and reconstruction 0 The committee also serves 
as a medium for exchange of information, exploration of interests common 
to the member associations, and joint action 0 


_ The Canadian schools, the University of Toronto 

School of Social Work and the Montreal School of Social Work, are members 
of the American Association of Schools of Social Work 0 


One Canadian school, the University of British Columbia Department of 





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Social Work, has made application for membership 0 The University of 
Puerto Rico Department of Social Work, a former member, is now preparing 
for readmission to the Association,, 


In 1940, in cooperation with the Children^ Bureau,, the American Associa¬ 
tion of Schools of Social Work was instrumental in bringing seventeen of 
the directors of schools of social work from the other American republics 
to visit educational institutions and social work agencies,, 

In 1943 and 1944s * n cooperation with the Children 8 s Bureau, the AASSW 
administered a scholarship project for the Coordinator 8 s Office, bring¬ 
ing about thirty fellows from the other American republics to study in 
schools of social work in this country„ 

Requests for exchange of material on professional education are constantly 
being received from many countries, such as England, Australia, Egypt, 
Greece and India 0 


PLICATIONS 8 


Social 


» pamphleto 


The Social Worker - pamphlet„ 


Career Opportunities ° leaflet,. 


for the Public Social Services „ North Carolina Press, 

1942 * 


Annual Meeting Proceedings 


Annual Report on Students Enrolled in Schools of Social 

Work 


Committee Reports 















AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS 


The national, nonprofit, professional organization of social workers 
in the United States. 

130 East 22nd Street Telephone: Gramercy 5-4242 

New York 10, N. Y. * 

Joseph P. Anderson, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : To provide the national working channel and local machinery 
i’or" the cooperative activities of professional social workers; to en¬ 
courage through its membership requirements proper and adequate basic 
preparation and training and to foster a homogeneous group which can 
develop competent social work opinion; to promote a high quality of 
professional service through a wide recognition of the importance of 
qualified personnel selection for the entire field; to formulate and 
seek to establish satisfactory conditions of employment and retire¬ 
ment of personnel, to attract competent personnel, and to enable them 
to work effectively; to influence social planning and legislation for 
modernized welfare services and improved living standards, and, 
through its general activities, to disseminate information concerning 
social work as a profession; to encourage and conduct appropriate in¬ 
vestigation, and to publish material related to experience of social 
work and therefore of special value to the advancement of professional 
social work. 

ORGANIZATION : The Association had its beginnings in 1918 as a placement 
bureau for social workers. In 1921 the organization enlarged its scope 
to meet the need for an organization covering other phases of the social 
worker’s profession. 

It is financed entirely by memberships. 

Officers and a board of directors govern the Association. The member¬ 
ship elects the board, which carries on its affairs through an annual 
delegate conference and through regional and special conferences. The 
organization has a paid staff of 14. 

There are standing committees on civil service, chapters, personnel prac¬ 
tices, social work practice and professional education, national member¬ 
ship, publications, personnel practices of the national staff, employ¬ 
ment practices inquiries, elections, and bylaws. 

AASW has 100 local and state chapters, including one in Puerto Rico 
and one in Hawaii. Most of its 10,300 individual manbers are affili¬ 
ated with local or state chapters. The organization has some guest 
members from Canada. 





AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS -2- 


Fields of work represented in the membership include group work, 
community organization, social research, public welfare administra¬ 
tion, and public health, as well as all types of case work (family, 
children's, probation and parole, medical and psychiatric, etc.). 

The organization maintains a reference library. 

AASW's relationships with government agencies are indirect or oc¬ 
casional. Various Civil Service Commission jurisdictions frequent¬ 
ly ask the Association or its chapters to assist in the evaluation 
or preparation of examinations in the social work field. 

AASW avails itself of the services of various organizations, among 
them the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada, 
on questions of approved personnel practice. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS: AASW has an established relationship with 
one foreign organization, through exchange of information and 
memberships; this is the Canadian Association of Social Workers. 

It sends some printed material -- mainly its bulletin. The Compass -- 
to other countries, on an exchange basis. 

On an individual basis, socitl workers of the United States parti¬ 
cipated in an International Conference of Social Work in France in 
1937. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The organization has set up two emergency com¬ 
mittees, the Committee on Organization and Planning of Social 
Services in the War and Postwar Periods and the Wartime Committee 
on Personnel. Scope of the work of the former is indicated by 
the titles of its seven subcommittees: on child welfare, full 
employment, foreign relief, housing, medical care, social security, 
and services to youth. In regard to the development of social 
services abroad, one of the subjects of study of this committee, 

AASW has released a Statement of Principles on International Re¬ 
lief and Rehabilitation. 

The Wartime Committee on Personnel is composed of two representa¬ 
tives of each of the following participating organizations: American 
Association of Medical Social Workers, American Association of 
Psychiatric Social Workers, American Association of Schools of 
Social Work, American Association for the Study of Group Work, and 
the AASW. These groups have joined forces to increase the supply 
of trained personnel in the field of social work during the war 
and reconstruction, and to assist agencies and the armed forces 
to make the best use of personnel. 


The war has expanded AASW's relationships with government agencies* 
the War Manpower Commission called on the organization for as- 






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sistance in the preparation of material for an occupational dictionary; 
OWT called on it for help in the inauguration of a monthly newsletter 
on social work. In turn, the Association has consulted with military 
authorities on the manner in which social workers can more effective¬ 
ly aid the armed forces. 

In connection with the stockpiling of back numbers of The Compass for 
its relatively few foreign subscribers, AA.SW has made no special plan 
but feels that an adequate supply will be available to meet all re¬ 
quests. 

MEMBERSHIP : The organization has three types of memberships: (a) mem- 
bership; (b) junior membership, and (c) student membership, each de¬ 
pending upon the educational and professional attainments of the ap¬ 
plicant. (Applications for membership are submitted directly or 
through the local chapter to the national office, and election to 
membership requires local chapter endorsement as well as the meeting 
of national technical requirements.) Maximum individual membership 
is $7.00 to $16.00 yearly, depending upon chapter dues rates. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Compass — official bulletin; issued six times a 
year; subscription included in annual dues; rate to nonmembers, $1.00 
a year; student rate, 50/ a year; single copies, 20/. 

The organization has a lengthy list of reprints of articles from 
The Compass . Prices of these reprints range from 5/ to 15/ a copy. 

In addition, AASW makes available an ample supply of free or inex¬ 
pensive books and pamphlets with such titles as Career Opportunities , 
Social Work as a Profession, Social Work Fellowships and Scholar¬ 
ship's for 1945-46 , and Unemployment and Its treatment in the United 
State s. 


















AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 

National nonprofit membership organization of college-trained women. 

1634 I Street N.W. Telephone: District 4101 

Washington 6, D. C. Cable Address: UNIWOM 

Dr. Kathryn McHale, Director General 

Dr. Helen Dwight Reid, Associate in International Education 

PURPOSE : To unite "the alumnae of different institutions for practi¬ 
cal educational work, for the collection and publication of statisti¬ 
cal and other information concerning education, and in general for 
the maintenance of high standards of education." (From the organiza¬ 
tion's charter) 

ORGANIZATION : When the AAUW was founded in 1882, educational oppor¬ 
tunities for women were meager and openings for trained women were 
few. Believing that the united alumnae of colleges then admitting 
women could do something to remedy this situation, a little group 
of pioneers - 17 graduates of eight colleges — launched the plan for 
an organization of college women for "practical educational work." 

Their organization was incorporated under the name of the Association 
of Collegiate Alumnae under a special act of the Massachusetts legis¬ 
lature in 1899; its name was changed in 1921 to the American Associa¬ 
tion of University Women. 

Today AAUW numbers more than 73,000 members. Branches are organized 
in 916 communities, covering every state. Degrees from 244 American 
colleges and universities are accepted as a basis for membership in 
the organization. 

Nationally, the Association is a spokesman for higher educational 
standards, wider opportunities for women, and international under¬ 
standing. Locally, the AAUW branch offers to the individual member 
companionship and opportunity for study with women of similar back¬ 
ground and training; it brings to the community a strong influence for 
wider educational and cultural opportunities and for a well-informed 
public opinion on national and international questions. "Because it 
brings together a homogeneous group of women who have profited by the 
best that American education has to offer, the AAUW is able to make 
a unique important contribution to American life. (Official 

statement) 

A former president of the Association has summarized its work: "The 
well-defined interest of the American Association of University Women 
is in education itself, in the opportunities open to the educated, 
and in the contribution of the educated to society.... 





AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN -2- 


The Association, unlike a great many American organizations, is not 
a federation of local groups, but is a national society of individuals 
which functions in local communities through what AAUVV calls branches. 
The educational program which the branch carries out on a local scale 
is not something arbitrarily imposed from above; it is developed 
through expression of the interests and wishes of the members all 
over the nation. 

The organization operates through a national convention, which holds 
final authority in the Association; a board of directors, which is 
the governing body between national conventions and consists of the 
national officers, the chairmen of the standing committees, the gen¬ 
eral director and comptroller; and the executive committee, consisting 
of the elected members of the board of directors. 

A list of AAUW's standing committees gives an indication of the scope 
of the organization's interests. They are: education, international 
relations, social studies, economic and legal status of women, legis¬ 
lative program, fellowship endowment, fellowship awards, membership 
and maintaining standards, and national clubhouse. There also is an 
active program in the arts. The results of the Association's study 
in the subject-matter fields are translated into support of legis¬ 
lative measures, so far as authorized by the biennial national con¬ 
ventions. 

State divisions, now organized in all but two small states, follow 
the integrated organizational pattern of the national body. 

In their communities, AAUW branches demonstrate their interest in 
educating in concrete ways. As an outgrowth of their own study 
groups and fact-finding surveys, they have helped to build informed 
public opinion on vital problems, national and international, through 
open forums, public meetings, radio programs, etc.; they have worked 
vigorously in support of public schools and other educational facili¬ 
ties, such as nursery schools, libraries and recreation centers; 
organized consumer education programs; made community surveys of hous¬ 
ing, welfare facilities and art resources; sponsored art exhibits; 
and offered instruction to illiterates, aliens, and other special 
groups. 

The national staff develops plans for study programs and community 
service; helps the branches with suggestions in carrying out their 
activities; maintains a clearing-house for information on colleges 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 


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and secondary schools and is prepared to answer inquiries in this field; 
makes special studies of problems in higher education and the economic 
and legal status of women; edits a quarterly Journal containing authori¬ 
tative and stimulating articles on matters of special concern to the 
trained woman; and administers the organization's extensive graduate 
fellowship program which, each year, provides IB or more $1,500 
fellowships to women who give promise of distinguished attainments 
in creative scholarship. (At present, the Association is engaged 
in raising a million-dollar endowment for this purpose, and is also 
raising emergency grants to bring women from the liberated countries 
to the United States for study.) 

The organization owns an attractive headquarters building in Washington, 
D. C., which houses the national offices and offers clubhouse facili¬ 
ties to all national members. 

The Association is financed by membership dues, sale of its publica¬ 
tions, and contributions to special funds established for fellowships 
and war relief. 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The AAUW is an original constituent member 
of the International Federation of University Women, which unites 
for international understanding and cooperation national organizations 
of university women in 2lL countries. As the largest of the affiliated 
associations, AAUW contributes substantially to the financial support 
of the IRJW. The wartime address of the IFUW is 38 St. Leonards 
Terrace, London, S.W. 3 (telephone: Flaxman 0018). Under war condi¬ 
tions much of the usual program of cooperation among university women's 
groups has been wiped out, but the IFUW maintains contacts wherever 
possible, and is concentrating on aid to refugee university women, 
the development of more associations and closer cooperation in the 
western hemisphere, and the preservation of the Federation's ideals 
as a contribution to postwar reconstruction. 


The AAUW has raised or is raising six international fellowships of 
$1,500, open to women who are members of associations belonging to 
the IRJW; and also supports an annual $1,500 fellowship to bring a 
Latin American woman to the United States to study, and a biennial 
$2,000 fellowship to bring a British woman to this country for study. 


American members have raised a generous fund which is helping to rehabili¬ 
tate university women refugees. Through the AAUW war relief fund, 
totalling *48,736.78 up to January 31, 1945, university *omenand 
their families in mar-devastated areas have received rel J^ £ or ” 

of money and materials. Funds also have gone for the rehabilitation 
of .omen scholars, victims of the mar, in the following countries to 
which American women have sent money: France, Finland, Great Britain, 
Sweden, Palestine, Canada, China, Turkey, Portugal, Australia, Switz¬ 
erland, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Alaska. Books have gone to 





AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN -4- 


China, educational materials to Russia, and clothing to Poland. 

There is, in normal times, extensive reciprocal exchange of materials 
and ideas between the national associations affiliated with the IFUW. 

In the past, the AAUW has had such distinguished foreign visitors as 
Madame Curie, Ishbel MacDonald and Winifred Cullis; in 1933 there 
were visitors from 34 of the 37 countries represented in the IFUW. 

More recently, from Canada and the South American countries, the 
AAUW has had many eminent visitors. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; Besides its international relief activities 
(briefly described under INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS above), the AAUW 
groups are using the tools of education to strengthen their communi¬ 
ties to meet the strains of war. They are working on emergency prob¬ 
lems of the schools; aiding children of employed mothers by helping 
to provide child-care centers and wholesome recreation for older 
children; giving educational and vocational guidance to students; 
sharing information on wartime changes in higher education. 

Many local groups are organizing consumer information centers and 
training leaders to advise on wartime adjustments; conducting nutrition 
education programs; studying housing in war production centers; train¬ 
ing leaders for various types of war programs; advising on war work 
opportunities for college women; continuing art projects as relaxa¬ 
tion for war-taut nerves and reminders of enduring values. 

The Association is using its influence to have the training and abili¬ 
ties of college women utilized effectively in the war effort, national¬ 
ly and locally. It is cooperating with colleges, war industries, 
and government in disseminating information on needs and appropriate 
training, and is urging appointment of qualified women to responsible 
posts in the conduct of local, state, national, and international 
affairs. 

AAUW leaders have advised on the organization of the women* s service 
corps, on woman-power problems, wartime educational programs, price- 
fixing and rationing policies and many other problems with which women 
are vitally concerned. 

The AAUW branches are studying plans for postwar organization and 
reconstruction, stimulating public interest in such proposals, and 
preparing to give vigorous support to participation by the USA in 
practical plans for international cooperation. 

As a part of its program for the reconstruction period, the AAUW is 
recommending that its local groups raise funds to be used in bringing 
women from the liberated countries to the United States for study. 
Selection of students to receive these grants will be made on recommenda- 





AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMB) 


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tion of the associations of university women in the respective coun¬ 
tries, and of other individuals of comparable standing. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

National — 

a. Women holding approved degrees from institutions 
accepted by the national Association for national membership. 

b. Women holding degrees from foreign institutions re¬ 
cognized by the committee on standards of the International Federa¬ 
tion of University Women. 

Associate — 

a. Women who hold approved degrees from any college or 
university on the Association's associate membership list. 

b. Women not currently registered as undergraduates who 
have completed at least two full years of nonprofessional work, such 
as would be credited toward an approved degree, as regularly matri¬ 
culated students in any college or university on the national member¬ 
ship list of the Association. 

National dues are $2 a year. The amount of dues of associate members 
is determined by each branch accepting this class of membership. 

A national member may become a life member upon the payment of $50. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Regular Publications: 

Journal of the American Association of University Women — of¬ 
ficial publication; published quarterly; free to members; $1 a year 
to those ineligible to membership; contents of the Journal are indexed 
in the Education Index . 

General Director's Letter --a house organ for branch and state 
leaders; issued several times a year; $1 a year. 

General Bulletins: 

The A. A. U. W.s What It Is and What It Does . 

A, A. U. W, Publications — 32-page catalog of materials for 
study groups, branch meetings, and community activities; lists study 
guides and kits, program, reference and guidance materials, biblio¬ 
graphies, exhibitions, and suggestions for branch leaders. 












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A. A. U. W. Branch Handbook — a guide for officers and committee 
chairmen. 

The State Division — a handbook for state officers and committee 
chairmen. 

Your Foreign Policy — a quarterly periodical, analyzing current 
developments in all fields of United States relations, with biblio¬ 
graphical and program suggestions. 

Contemporary America — a series of pamphlets discussing basic 
current issues in the social studies field. 

Occasional pamphlets on important topics in the various fields 
of AAUW study, such as Child Development and Education for Family 
Life, Educational Standards and Trends, International Relations, 

Social Studies, Economic and Legal Status of fcomen, and the Arts. 

The Association has available for the rehabilitation of destroyed 
libraries abroad certain books on education problems and files of some 
AADW publications. 







AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 


A non-profit association of representatives of the legal profession. 


1140 North Dearborn Street 
Chicago 10, Illinois 


Telephone: Superior 8913 
Cable Address: AMBAR, CHICAGO 


Mrs. Olive G. Ricker, Executive Secretary 


PURPOSE : "To advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the ad¬ 
ministration of justice and uniformity of legislation and of judic¬ 
ial decision throughout the Nation, uphold the honor of the profess¬ 
ion of the law, encourage cordial intercourse among the members of 
the American Bar, and to correlate the activities of the Bar organ¬ 
izations of the respective States on a representative basis in the 
United States." (Article I of its Constitution.) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Bar Association, founded in 1878, has 
no organic connection with any state or local bar associations. 

Its activities are designed both to promote the public good and 
to assist the individual lawyer. 

Its codes of professional and judicial ethics have become standards 
of conduct. Under its sponsorship, educational requirements for ad¬ 
mission to the bar have been raised and investigation of the char¬ 
acter of applicants has assumed greater importance; reforms of civil 
and criminal procedure have been widely adopted; unauthorized prac¬ 
titioners have been barred from the practice of the law; studies 
have been made to improve methods of selecting judges and juries; 
uniform state laws have been widely adopted. 

To assist lawyers with special problems, various sections have been 
formed within the Association. Among these are the sections on insur* 
ance law, taxation, municipal law, mineral law, real estate, probate 
and trust, corporation, banking and mercantile law, criminal law, 
international and comparative law, and numerous others. 

The Association holds an annual meeting at which leaders of the bench 
and bar of this and other countries come together, and several region¬ 
al meetings. 

It is financed by membership dues and governed by a board of Governors 
elected by the membership, a house of delegates composed of represent¬ 
atives from all the states, and its executive officers. The chief 
officers are David A. Simmons, president; Tappan Gregory, chairman 
of the house of delegates ; John H. Voorhees, treasurer; Harry S. 
Knight, secretary; Mrs. Olive G. Ricker, executive secretary. 





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ftARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association has worked on the problems 
of manpower, provided legal aid to members of the armed forces 
and their dependents, and helped prepare manuals for the use of 
selective service boards and civilian defense bodies. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : In 1944 the Association published The 
International Law of the Future: Postulates and Principles , which 
was formulated to aid in "revitalizing and strengthening inter¬ 
national law" and in "laying the bases of a just and enduring world 
peace securing order under law to all nations." Copies of this 
and the other publications of the Association are normally ex¬ 
changed with other countries through the International and Com¬ 
parative Law Section of the Association. 

MEMBERSHIP : Applicants must be professionally qualified, endorsed 
by another member, and approved by the committee of admissions in 
the state in which they practice. Dues are $8 a year, ($4 a year 
for members who have practiced less than five years) which in¬ 
cludes subscription to the Journal . Ihere are now 32,000 members. 

PUBLICATIONS: 

American Bar Association Journal . Monthly. $3.00 ft year. 

Annual Report . $2.00 per copy to non-members. 

Section Reports and Proceedings . 

Occasional miscellaneous publications such as The International 
Law of the Future mentioned above. 














AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY 


Encourages the reading and circulation of the Bible throughout the 
world. 

Park Avenue and 57th Street Telephone: Plaza 3-6600 

New York 22, N. Y. Cable Address: BIBLEHOUSE 

Gilbert Darlington, Treasurer 
Dr. Eric M. North, General Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures 
without note or comment . . . ." (Statement from constitution) 


ORGANIZATION : The Society, a private organization founded in 1816, 
is supported by 48 Protestant denominations and by voluntary gifts. 
It is governed by a board of 48 managers appointed by the annual 
meeting of members (contributors of $5 or more annually). Officers 
are elected by the board of managers. 


Besides 11 geographic district agencies in the United States, the 
Society has (or had prior to the war) foreign agencies in Cuba, 
Mexico, the Canal Zone, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Syria, 
Egypt, the Philippines, Thailand, Greece, Bulgaria, European 
Turkey, Switzerland, China and Japan. Some of these agencies 
serve several countries. Most of them have (or had) an executive 
staff of two or three people and several distributors (colporteurs) 
and many voluntary workers. 

The Society's library occasionally has been found to be the only 
source for a needed text. It contains a collection of printed 
volumes of Scripture which at the end of 1943 included more than 
15,500 volumes in 861 languages and dialects, five languages having 
been added during 1943. -A useful index cf publishers and printers 
of Fhglish Scriptures from 1800 to date was completed during 1943> 
and one was started in other languages. The library is interesting 
as an exhibit of the progressive story of Bible publication and as 
a source of information on Bible translation. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Society keeps in closest possible 
contact with numerous sister Bible societiesin various parts of 
the world (such as the British and Foreign Bible Society in London, 
the Bible Societies of Scotland, Holland, France, Norway, etcJ. 
The secretary of the British organization visited New York in 
December, 1944. 


For many years the American Bible Society 
distributing Bibles in European countries, 


has participated in 
either in cooperation 






AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY -2- 


with these sister societies or through workers of evangelical 
churches or societies in these countries. Generally, money is 
supplied with which Scriptures are purchased, or, in some cases, 
manufactured. 

"The work of the Society in some European countries began in 
cooperation with the conferences of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in Sweden in 1873, Norway in 1877, Denmark in 1881, 
Finland in 1886, Germany in 1859 and in Italy in 1854. In 
recent years this arrangement has been in abeyance. Some 
contact with these countries and with Poland and Belgium has 
been maintained through the emergency work administered from 
Geneva. The Society's first work in Russia began in 1831. The 
strict prohibition against the introduction of Scriptures into 
Russia continues, but Russian prisoners in Germany are being 
supplied. The Society's interest in Belgium began in 1836. 

It continues its cooperation with the Belgian Gospel Mission 
through supplies sent from Geneva. 

"The Society began work in France in 1831, and for a number of 
years has been in cooperation with the Bible Society of France 
by donations of funds and of Scriptures in French. During the 
war, the work of the Bible Society of France was greatly 
hindered. The emergency fund has aided in supplying to the 
French churches Scriptures printed in the United States and in 
Geneva. For some years the Society has been cooperating with 
the Evangelical Society of Geneva, Switzerland, in its vigor¬ 
ous colportage, largely in France. 

"A considerable part of the American Bible Society's war work 
is carried on by the Society's participation in the Ecumenical 
Commission for Chaplaincy Aid to 7iar Prisoners, responsible 
body working with the Prisoners' Aid Bureau of the International 
Red Cross in Geneva." (Official statement) 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ? During 1943, the Society distributed to the 
armed forces in all branches of the service 48,193 Bibles, 
1,820,733 Testaments and 364,880 Gospel portions; furnished for 
life-boats and life-rafts of the Navy and the Merchant Marine 
and for rubber rafts of the Navy airplanes and Flying Fortresses 
over 40,000 New Testaments in waterproof containers for men 
adrift at sea; issued 22,017 Bibles, 69,795 Testaments, 43,595 
Gospels, etc., in 38 languages for prisoners of war, refugees 
and civilians cut off from supplies in Europe and the Far East; 
received from all sources for its war emergency fund, apart from 
gifts to its regular work, $298,962; expended $379,374. 

The Society has been receiving large and urgent requests for 
Bibles from sister societies in Europe, and is now seeking the 





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aid of OWI in transporting Bibles, Testaments and Gospels to these 
sister societies for distribution abroad. It estimates the initial 
postwar requirement for areas liberated and to be liberated at 
6,700,000 Scriptures. 

In addition to the war emergency distribution, the Society continues 
its normal distribution practices, issuing in 1943 in the United 
States 6,324,312 Scriptures and abroad 2,526,814 more; distributed 
9,070 embossed volumes and talking-book records for the blind; re¬ 
ceived 96,371 gifts from individuals totaling $270,499, from 
churches $240,578, and from legacies, investments and other 
sources (not including returns from sales of Scriptures) 

$345,456 — a total of $856,533. 

Many new books and editions for both local and foreign use are 
planned for issue within the next 12 months. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

Annual members 

Active: annual subscribers of $5 or more 
Service: annual subscribers of $10 or more 
Sustaining: annual subscribers of $25 or more 
Life members: those who subscribe $50 at one time 
Life directors: those who subscribe $150 at one time 
Memorial members: subscribers of $100 or more at one time; 
entitled to create a membership in memory of a relative or 
friend 

PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS : 

Annual Report. 1944 — a 270-page report, in English, of the 
Society’s domestic and international activities during 1943; avail¬ 
able as long as the limited edition lasts for $1 a copy. 

The Book for Tomorrow’s World — a report of the board of 
managers of the American Bible Society for 1943. 

Bible Society Record : A Journal Dedicated to the Wider Distri¬ 
bution of the Holy Scriptures — published monthly at a subscrip¬ 
tion rate of $1 a year. 

"The Bible in a Warring World" — sound motion picture. 

Two other films — described on page 42 of the Annual Report^ 

1244. 

































































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AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION 


An organization promoting camping through setting of standards, exchanging 
information, conducting research, and issuing publications 0 

343 South Dearborn Street Telephones Harrison 7962 

Chicago 4$ Illinois 

Thelma Patterson, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To further the interests and welfare of children and adults through 
camping as an educative and recreative experience****oto the end that 
camping may meet effectively the needs of today and anticipate the needs 
of tomorrow*" (Official Statement) 


ORGANIZATION : The American Camping Association is a national organization 
with thirty local and regional sections in the United States and Canada* 
Founded in 1910 it has a membership of approximately 3000 with some 5000 
camps represented* The officers of the Association are elected annually 
by votes cast by authorized delegates of chartered sections 0 At the national 
level committees concerned with program, public relations, publications., 
yr>H studies research are working continuously in cooperation with sec- 
tion committees to further the contribution of camping as a national move¬ 
ment * The Board of Directors is composed of the president and one other 
elected representative from each of the 30 sections, the four elected 
officers of the Association, and the chairmen of the standing committees* 

Regular meetings of local sections make possible a constant exchange and 
pooling of experience throughout the year* ACA committees, with the as- 
sistance of the central office, help to keep sections abreast of the current 
developments in the national field, and help to pool and share the contribu¬ 
tions of individual sections,, 


Once a year camp directors and others concerned with camping meet for 
general discussion and to consider specific issues which may arise* 


OPERATIONS : The ACA believes that camping has an expanding future* Many 
colleges now give academic credit for camp counseling,, During the war 
almost every camp has been used to capacity and there has been a great In¬ 
crease in children 2 s camping, the 0DT having given special dispensation to 
camps in the hiring of chartered buses* Year-round camping is on the increase 
And many plans are being made to explore the field further* Camping for 
handicapped children and adults is also increasing* The ACA is cooperating 
in this matter with the National Society for Crippled Children of the 
United States of America, Health Service, Children 0 s Bureau and all groups 
concerned with the physically handicapped child* School camping, once 
chiefly the interest of people engaged in physical education, is now gaining 
the interest of other educators and a movement is under way to encourage 







schools to include a camping session in their curriculum^ 

Discussions are going on concerning the formation of an international camp¬ 
ing association and the ACA is eager to receive information and publishable 
articles about camping in other countries <, 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES ; During the war the ACA has worked closely with govern¬ 
ment agencies§ Office of Civilian Defense^ Office of Defense Health Bind 
Welfare Services $ United States Office of Education^ United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, Extension Divisions Office of Defense Transportations 
Office of Price Administrations War Production Boards etc 0 *etc 0 Both these 
agencies and the ACA were agreed that camping should be continued during 
the war period as long as the camps complied with food and travel regula¬ 
tions „ It was felt that camp life could do much to relieve the tension 
under which children as well as their parents labor In wartime 0 Camp 
programs were expanded to include farm work in the areas in which the 
shortage of farm labor was acuteMany camps have changed their consti¬ 
tuency after studying the groups in their city that most need camping 
nowo These include children of mothers employed in war production* older 
high-school boys who need pre-induction development or who can help meet 
the needs of conservation and agriculture* and children of war industrial 
workers who have recently moved into new communities,, 

MEMBERSHIP 3 The ACA is open to directors* counselors,, committee members* 
and all others interested in camping for children and adults 0 Present 
membership, which is larger than ever before* includes many kinds of camps? 
agency* private* church and others 0 


included in membership* or by subscription 


8 issues* November to June* $2 per year* 














AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 

Founded by surgeons of the United States and Canada. 

40 East Erie Street Telephone! Superior 1935 

Chicago 11, Illinois Cable Address: FRAMAR, CHICAGO 

Dr. Bowman C. Crowell, Associate Director 
Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern, Associate Director 

PURPOSE : "To establish and maintain an association of surgeons, not 
for pecuniary profit but for the benefit of humanity by advancing 
the science of surgery and the ethical and competent practice of its 
art; by establishing standards of hospital construction, administra¬ 
tion and equipment, and all else that pertains to them; by engaging 
in scientific research to determine the cause, nature, and cure of 
disease; by aiding in better instruction of doctors; by formulating 
standards of medicine and methods for the improvement of all adverse 
conditions surrounding the ill and injured wherever found." 

ORGANIZATION : The American College of Surgeons was organized in 
1913. Its work is supported chiefly by its fellowship through a fel¬ 
lowship fee and annual dues and contributions to the endowment fund. 

It is not affiliated with any other organization. 

One of the chief concerns of the College is hospital standardization. 
After hospital surveys and research based upon the collected data, the 
College has developed a table of minimum standards for hospitals. 

These standards cover not only hospitals as a whole, but also distinct 
departments or services within the hospital. From the analysis of 
reports of surveys and other information obtained about a hospital, 
the College classifies it as fully approved, provisionally approved, 
or not approved. Each hospital is considered for rating annually. 

The conference and demonstration method of stimulating co-operation 
and interchange of ideas among hospitals has been extensively em¬ 
ployed by the College. A four-day hospital standardization conference 
is held each year. 

The Department of Graduate Training in Surgery has been organized to 
render assistance to individuals seeking training in surgery, especial¬ 
ly those whose training has been interrupted by service with the 
armed forces. Definite requirements have been established by the 
College. There are 231 hospitals which are operating acceptable 
plans, and 500 additional selected hospitals are now being studied 
by the College from the standpoint of their ability to provide adequate 
graduate training in surgery and the surgical specialties. As a 
guide to the trainees, the College is preparing a volume that will 
list all of the hospitals and clinics approved to the date of pub- 





AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS -2- 

lication for graduate training in surgery and the surgical special¬ 
ties in the United States and Canada. 

Clinical research is another feature of the College's work. It 
encourages the establishment of organized cancer clinics in hospi¬ 
tals, publishes a manual to serve as a guide, and keeps case records 
^t also maintains a registry of bone sarcoma, does research on 
fractures and other traumas, and studies and works toward better 
organization and service in caring for the ill and injured in in¬ 
dustry, and the elimination and control of industrial health hazards 

Other activities of the College include the study of graduate train¬ 
ing in surgery and of means of extending and improving it; the 
maintenance of a reference library of some 25,000 volumes; the 
preparation of educational scientific exhibits; publications and the 
production of medical motion pictures; an annual five-day clinical 
congress and several smaller regional meetings. 

The Board of Regents, which has 16 members, has management and con¬ 
trol of the College's affairs and funds. The present officers are 
W. Edward Gallie, president; Clarence G. Toland, first vice-presi¬ 
dent; Dallas B. Phemister, secretary-treasurer; Bowman C. Crowell 
and Malcolm T. MacEachera, associate directors. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : In co-operation with the Department of 
State, the Office of War Information, and the Office of the Co-ordi¬ 
nator of Inter-American Affairs, the College distributes foreign- 
language editions of its medical films. It has an active exchange 
program of its publications. It has about 277 Fellows in Latin 
America and 148 in other countries. 

MEMBERSHIP : The requirements for fellowship specify graduation 
from an acceptable medical school; a year of internship in an ac¬ 
ceptable hospital; at least two years spent as surgical assistant 
or apprentice; seven years after graduation in medicine, devoted to 
special training and to practice; submission of 50 case records of 
major surgical work for which the candidate was the responsible 
surgeon; and approval by the credentials committees after determi¬ 
nation of the applicant's moral and ethical fitness. There are now 
14,200 Fellows. There is a fellowship fee of $100 and annual dues 
are $25. 

PUBLICATIONS t 

Year Book . Annual. Contains a list of Fellows and a summary 
of the various activities. 


Bulletin . Four times a year 








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Reprints and monographs such as the Manual nf Hospital Standar¬ 
dization, the Manual Qf.,Surp1r.a1 PrRSfllnrn, Manual nf Graduate Trains 
IntT in Snrgerv. Outline of-tha Treatment, of Fractures , and Medical 
Service In Industry and Workman*a Compensation Taws. 

Surgery> Gynecology and Obstetrics with the International 
Abstract of Surgery . Monthly. $12 a year. This is the official 
Journal of the College but is not published by it. 




















AMERICAN COMPOSERS ALLIANCE, INC. 


An association to promote the cultural and economic rights of all 
who write serious music in this country. 

250 West 5/th Street Telephone: Circle 6-2497 

New York 19, N. Y. 


Harrison Kerr, Secretary 

HJKh'OSE : To further the interests and protect the rights of 
American composers of serious music, to encourage and promote 
performances of those composers, to systematize the collection of 
royalties on the public performance of 8ny copyright work, to act 
as a clearing house for information of significance to Anerican 
composers, to establish a library and catalogue of serious Ameri¬ 
can music (published and in manuscript) and to make such music 
available to all performing agencies, and to establish friendly 
and mutually beneficial relations with composers of serious music 
in other countries. 

ORGANIZATION ? The Alliance was formed in 1937 and incorporated 
in 1^39• Saron Copland has been the President since its incep¬ 
tion. Marion Bauer is the Vice President; Harrison Kerr the 
Secretary; and Otto Luening the Treasurer. There is also a Board 
of Governors, nine in number. The Alliance now numbers some 200 
members. 

The Alliance is self-supporting, receiving its income from dues 
and from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). On May 17, 19^, the 
Alliance and BMI signed contracts under which the music of the 
membership of ACA will be cleared for radio and television per¬ 
formance through BMI. It was announced that there is a large 
catalogue of American music which has, as yet, been unpublished, 
and for the first time a major part of this will be made avail¬ 
able in a practical way for performance by all American broad¬ 
casters. BMI collects the radio performance fees for the ACA, 
which under the terms of the ACA, BMI contract, uses part of the 
total amount thus collected for its operating expenses, distrib¬ 
uting the balance to its member composers. 

ACA has joined with the American Society of Composers, Authors 
and Publishers (ASCAP) in a survey ol works by members of both 
societies. A complete catalogue has already been made of all 
orchestral music oi members, and at this date, most ol the 
Chamber and Choral music. The survey of solo compositions (more 
than 100,000 items) is in progress. 





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ACA has an arrangement with the American Music Center, Inc., 2$0 
West 57 th Street, New York, whereby it is establishing at the 
Center a large lending library of unpublished works. Conductors, 
performers, and teachers visit the Center and may examine, borrow, 
or perform works from the library, or may have a work sent out of 
New York for examination and performance. The Center is also en¬ 
gaged in distribution of published and recorded American music 
and is trying to keep in stock for sale all published and recorded 
American music. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; The ACA keeps in close touch with the 
corresponding English society — the British Performing Rights 
Society. 

MEMBERSHIP ; To become a member a composer must have written 
serious music in the larger foras: for orchestra, chamber music, 
large choral works or stage works. Its membership is also limited 
to composers who have had a work of serious music published by a 
publisher, or performed by an artist or an organization of reputa¬ 
tion. 









AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 


A federation of American academies, societies and associations 
devoted to the advancement of the humanistic studies. 

1219 16th Street, N. W. Telephone: District 3395 

Washington 6, D. C. Cable Address: ACOLS 

Waldo G. Leland, Director 

PURPOSE : "(1) The discovery and development of superior research 
and teaching personnel, and assistance to individuals for purposes 
of study, research, and publications; (2) the improvement of methods 
and the implements of research; (3) the improvement of education and 
teaching, especially in subjects fundamental to humanistic scholar¬ 
ship, such as ancient and modern languages, human geography, the 
history of the great world cultures, literature, philosophy, and the 
arts; (4) the extension of American scholarly interest to subjects, 
periods, and areas as yet insufficiently studied, and particularly 
to those areas and cultures of the globe the knowledge and under¬ 
standing of which are especially important for the United States; 

(5) the encouragement of the study of American culture, both native 
and transplanted, historically and in the present, in order to pro- 
. mote our fuller knowledge and understanding of ourselves; (6) the 
promotion, organization, and conduct of intellectual relations 
between American scholars, organizations, and institutions and those 
of all other countries, and participation in efforts to restore the 
cultural and intellectual resources of countries where they have been 
impaired; (7) cooperation with agencies of the government, with 
private agencies, and especially with the Council's constituent 
societies, through advice, planning, and operations, in matters 
relevant to humanistic scholarship.'’ (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : Established in 1919-20, the American Council of Learned 
Societies grew out of the organization in 1919 of the Union Academique 
Internationale. At the invitation of the American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences and the American Historical Association, representatives of 10 
American organizations agreed at a meeting in Boston in the fall of 
1919 that "the American learned societies devoted to humanistic studies 
should participate as a group in the UAI", The constitution of the 
American group was sent to 13 societies for ratification: to the 10 
which participated in the planning meeting 

American Philosophical Society 
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 
American Antiquarian Society 
American Oriental Society 
American Philological Association 
Archaeological Institute of America 





AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -2- 


Modern Language Association of America 
American Historical Association 
American Economic Association 
American Philosophical Association 


and to the 


American Political Science Association 
American Sociological Society 
American Society of International Law. 

Present constituents number 24 and include, in addition to the 13 
original groups, the 

American Numismatic Society 

Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis 

American Anthropological Association 

Bibliographical Society of America 

Association of American Geographers 

College Art Association of America 

History of Science Society 

Linguistic Society of America 

Mediaeval Academy of America 

Population Association of America 

American Folklore Society. 

Total membership of the Council's constituent societies is ap¬ 
proximately 30,000. 

Subventions from foundations and nominal annual dues from its 
constituent societies finance the work of the Council. 

The Council operates through the following agencies: 

1. Annual meeting — which elects officers, authorizes the 
budget, and passes on matters of major policy or importance. 

2. Executive committee — which has general control of the 
Council's affairs, acts for the Council between meetings, 
appoints committees, etc. A chairman, vice-chairman, and 
secretary-treasurer, with four other persons, all elected 
annually, constitute the executive committee. 

3. Executive offices — which are the principal administrative 
and operating agency of the Council, serve as its general 
secretariat, and administer its funds. The director is the 
executive officer; he is appointed by the executive commit¬ 
tee. The executive offices furnish the secretariats for 
most of the Council's committees and maintain relations 
with other organizations and the government. 

4. Advisory board -- which is a body of reference, general 
planning, and initiative. 




AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -3- 


5. Committee on awards 

a. Committee 6n fellowships and grants in aid of research 

b. Committee on assistance to publication 

6. Committees for planning and development 

a. Area committees — *Chinese studies, ^Japanese studies, 

Indie and Iranian studies, Near Eastern studies, Arabic 
and Islamic studies, Slavic studies, and *Latin American 
studies 

b. Subject committees — musicology, history of religions, 

Negro studies, American speech, and American native 
languages 

c. Period committees — Renaissance studies 

7. Committees on implementation 

♦a. Committee on microcopying materials for research (chiefly 
serving to direct emergency project of microfilming in 
England) 

**b. Committee on materials for Indonesian customary law 
**c. Advisor to concordance and indices to Mohammedan tradition 

8. Committees in charge of projects 

a. Linguistic atlas of the United States and Canada (directed 
by committee on American speech) 

**b. Codices Latini Antiquiores 
**c. Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae 

9. Emergency service committees 

a. Committee on intensive language instruction 

b. Committee on protection of cultural treasures in war areas 

c. Staff members serving on government committees: 

Department of State 

General advisory committee of the Division of Cultural 
Relations 

Committee on inter-American relations in the field of music 
Committee on inter-American exchange of professors and 
students under the Buenos Aires convention 
Department of the Interior 

Advisory board, National Park Service 
Policy board, National Indian Institute 
Federal Security Agency (Office of Education) 

Advisory committee on inter-American educational relations 
War Manpower Commission 

Advisory committee on national roster 

d. The Council's executive offices serve as fiscal agent to ad¬ 
minister government funds for special projects: e. g., aid 
to Latin American cultural institutes, translations of 
books of the United States into Spanish or Portuguese, etc. 


♦Eigaged in emergency services 

♦♦Project of the International Union of Academies in which the American 
Council of Learned Societies participates 




AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -4- 


The Council has no organic relations with any government agencies, 
but has advisory relations of an informal sort with several 
agencies: e. g., Department of State, Library of Congress, etc* 

It has contractual relations for specific projects with the De¬ 
partment of State and Vkar Department and formerly with the Of¬ 
fice of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 

Although the Council, by agreement with the Social Science 
Research Council, founded several years later than the ACLS, 
does not "operate" in the fields of the social sciences (i. e., 
award grants in aid of research or fellowships, organize proj¬ 
ects of research, maintain standing committees), its operations 
in the fields of the humanities often fall in the broad border¬ 
land between the latter and the social sciences. Its assistance 
to publication (which is not an activity of the SSRC) covers both 
humanities and social sciences, but grants in aid of publication 
are more frequently made in the humanities. 

In terms of subject matter, according to Council practice, the 
humanities may be described as follows: philosophy, aesthetics, 
the history and criticism of the fine arts, musicology, litera¬ 
ture, philology in all its branches, linguistics, archaeology, 
history in all its aspects, with especial interest in cultural 
and intellectual history, cultural anthropology, human geography, 
cultural demography, and the so-called "auxiliary sciences" 
(diplomatic, palaeography, glyphology, sphragistics, numismatics, 
folklore, etc.). 

The principal aspects of the Council's activities may be charac¬ 
terized as follows: 

1. Assistance to individual research, by grants-in-aid 

2. Assistance to publication, by grants-in-aid 

3. Assistance to training, through study-aids and supplementary 
fellowships 

4. Planning and development activities, the purpose of which is 
to promote research and teaching in certain fields of study 
not sufficiently developed in the United States: area 
studies, subject studies and period studies 

5. Improvement of implementation or tools of scholarship: e. g., 
through projects such as dictionaries, concordances, gram¬ 
mars, inventories, catalogues, bibliographies, etc., or 
through the use of improved apparatus or methods such as 
microphotography 

6. Organization of large-scale projects: e, g., Dictionary of 
American Biography, Corpus of Ancient Vases, Linguistic 
Atlas of the United States and Canada 

7. Promotion of interdisciplinary relations, through annual 
conference of secretaries of constituent societies, through 



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studies of the relations of the humanities to education, the 
sciences, and the social sciences, through frequent confer¬ 
ences of the executives of the major councils, and through 
the standing committees, which are generally interdisciplinary. 

8. Promotion of international intellectual relations, through 
membership in the International Union of Academies and parti¬ 
cipation in its projects, through cultivation of direct rela¬ 
tions between scholars and organizations of the United States 
and those of other countries, and through encouragement of 
exchanges of persons and objects. 

9. Public service, especially in times of emergency, through as¬ 
sistance to such projects as the roster of scientific and 
specialized personnel, through the organization of area 
research, through service on government committees, through 
allocation of specialized personnel, and through educational 
services. 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : International operations of the American 
Council of Learned Societies are numerous. Its director is the 
present president of the Union Academique Internationale, which 
was among the first of the many international organizations of 
all sorts that came into existence in the decade following the 
first World War and that were indicative of the strong trend in 
intellectual life toward closer relations between the scholars 
of different countries. Initiated by the French Academie des 
Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and comprised of the principal 
academies and learned societies of the allied and neutral countries, 
the UAI was formed to correspond, in the humanities fields, to the 
International Research Council, which concerned itself with the 
sciences and technology. 


The UAI has been the principal channel through which the coopera' 
tion of the American Council of Learned Societies with the 
scholars of other countries has been carried on. 


At its first formal meeting, the American Council of Learned 
Societies appointed delegates to the Union Academique Inter¬ 
nationale and discussed proposals for enterprises of inter¬ 
national cooperation to be undertaken by the UAI or under its 
auspices. From that time until the present, the relations between 
the Council and the Union have claimed an important share of the 
attention of the Council, which assists, with the academies of 
other countries, in supporting the international organization. 

The Council participates actively in the execution and financial 
support of most of the UAI’s projects, through special committees, 
individual scholars, or certain of its constituent■ 
has borne the entire financial support of one UAI project, the 




AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -6- 


Corpus of Pre-Carolingian Latin Palaeography, which was financed 
by a special subvention from the Rockefeller Foundation and is 
directed by an American scholar. The Council was instrumental 
in arranging for the German and Austrian Academies to join the 
UAI in 1935. 

The Council has carried on archaeological research and excava¬ 
tions in which American scholars, societies or institutions 
join with scholarly interests of other countries and enter into 
agreements with the governments of the area involved (Palestine, 
Macedonia, Syria, Greece, Cilicia, India, Eire, northern Caria). 
Projects of historical research sponsored by the Council include 
a cooperative study with Ehglish scholars of the operation and 
organization of Ehglish governmental agencies in the early 14th 
century and of the history of relations between England and the 
Papacy to the time to the Protestant Revolution. Other studies 
calling for international cooperation and research in other 
countries in which the Council has assisted are a Corpus of 
Florentine painting, studies of Persian Islamic architecture, 
collection of West African folk music, collection of contempo¬ 
rary oral poetry of the Southern Slavs, and study of Latin 
American folklore. 

The Council has helped to prepare inventories of cultural 
materials (books, manuscripts, and objects and works of art) 
which have been sent to America from other countries. It 
compiled bibliographies such as the List of Serial Publica¬ 
tions of Foreign Governments, 1815-1931} Handbook of Latin 
American Studies, and a Bulletin of Far Eastern Bibliography. 

The Council has assisted in obtaining needed research materials 
from foreign countries for the use of American scholars, has 
maintained a system for procuring from foreign depositories 
photographic copies of unique or exceedingly rare documents 
desired by American scholars in all fields of study, and before 
the war inaugurated a project of exchange of materials by 
means of microcopy between Chinese libraries and the Library 
of Congress. It has assisted foreign scholars who have come 
to the USA for study and research and given special grants-in- 
aid to them. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : (1) Activities of information, the purpose 
of which is to make available for war needs the special knowl¬ 
edge of strategic areas possessed by American scholars; (2) edu¬ 
cational activities, or the organization of intensive instruc¬ 
tion in the languages of strategic areas along with the organiza¬ 
tion of instruction on the geography, history and culture of the 
areas in which the languages are used; (3) federally-supported 
activities in connection with the Department of State and the 





AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -7- 


Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs on the inter-American cultural 
program. 

The Council organized in 1943 a special committee for the protection 
of cultural treasures in war areas, which has been responsible for 
the preparation of more than 600 maps of European cities, indicating 
historic structures, libraries, museums, art galleries, etc., which 
should receive all possible protection in the course of military 
operations. This committee also has collected information from all 
available sources respecting the looting or destruction of cultural 
materials in occupied areas, to serve as a basis of action by the 
United Nations to recover stolen property. 

MEMBERSHIP : Two delegates from each of the 24 constituent societies 
comprise the membership of the Council. Any national society d'evoted 
to the humanistic sciences may be admitted to representation in the 
Council by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Council. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

ACLS 1 et.in -- current number available: No. 36, December, 

1944; 25* 

Bibliography of Periodical Literatu re in Musicology 

No. 1; 1940; out of print 

No. 2; 1943; $1 a copy 

Catalogue of Publications in the Human ities bv American Learned 
Societies — 1932; gratis 

Classification Scheme for Chin ese and Japanese Bookj -- by 
A. K*ai-Ming Ch‘iu; preliminary lithoprint edition; 1943; 12.50 

Directory of Organizations in A m erican Concerned wjth . Chi n a 
by Wilma Fairbank; 1942; $1 

Far Eastern Leaflet^ — Nos. 1-6; 1942; gratis 

Chinese Studies In America : I. Eastern Canada and New Ehgland — 
by Gardner; 1935; 50* 

The Progress of Chi n ese Studies in the United Stat es — by 
Gardner; No. 1; 1931; gratis 

A Union List nf Selected Chinese Boo ks in Ameri can Libra ries — 
by Gardner; 1932; gratis 

A Union List of Selected Western Bo o ks on China IP AffigriSSfl 
Libraries — by Gardner; 1938; >1.50 























AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES -8- 


PUBLICATIONS (continued): 

Hi.8_to_ry..of _the Formgr .Hap Dynasty — by Pan Ku 

Translation, Volume One, by Homer H. Dubs; 1938; 14.50 
Translation, Volume Two, by Homer H. Dubs; 1944; $4.50 

Ng.tep,, SR Jar ..Eagtgrn Studieg jn, America — current number 
available, No. 12, Spring, 1943; 50£ 

Quarterly Bulletin of Chinese Bibliography — reprint: New 
Series, Ehglish Edition 

Volume Two, Nos. 1-2, June, 1941; $1.50 
Volume Three, Nos. 1-2, March-June, 1943; $1.50 

Selected List of Books and Articles on Japan — by Borton, 
Elieseeff, and Reischauer; 1940; out of print 

Stadieg in Chinese flnd, Re3Atgd,Ciyij.^satlpng 

No. 1: The Literary lBq\4gltipn_o£_Ch! len-Lung — by 
L. C. Goodrich; 1935; $3 

No. 2: Some Technical Terms of Chinese Painting — by 
Benjamin March; 1935; out of print 

No. 3: Studies in Ekrly Chinese Culture — by Herrlee 
Glessner Creel; 1937; $3.50 

No. 4: Tfr e .Fo undi n g of the , T' .a n g D ynast y: , The F all o f 
Sui and Rise of T 1 ang — by Woodbridge Bingham; 1940; $3.50 
No. 5: lb? Wall-Paintingg..2£ Horyujl — by Naito 
Toichiro; translated and edited by W. R. B. Acker and Benja¬ 
min Rowland, Jr.; 1943; one volume text; one volume plates; 
not sold separately; $6 


















AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION 


Voluntary agency for cooperation among national education associ¬ 
ations and educational institutions. 

744 Jackson Place Telephone: National 5691 

Washington, D. C. 

Donald J. Shank, Administrative Associate 

PURPOSE : "The Council is devoted to scientitic inquiry, to the 
provision of means for consultation, and to the stimulation of 
experimental activities by educational organizations and institu¬ 
tions. As a clearing-house for the exchange of opinion, it seeks 
to clarify educational issues of national significance, to define 
problems, and to enlist appropriate agencies for their solution." 
(A Brief Statement Regarding The American Council on Education ) 

ORGANIZATION: The Council was established in 1918 by national 
educational organizations in response to a need for federating 
the educational resources of the country in time of emergency, 
and it has continued to serve education in matters of common con¬ 
cern. Again the Council is serving as a nongovernmental center 
lor coordinating the needs and resources 01 education, especially 
in the field of higher education, for a United States at war. At 
the same time, however, much of the Council’s interest is given to 
foreseeing, identifying, and constructively planning for educa¬ 
tional problems emerging in the postwar period. 

The American Council on Education is a council of national educa¬ 
tional associations; organizations having related interests; 
approved universities, colleges and technical schools; state de¬ 
partments of education; city school systems; selected private 
secondary schools; and selected educational departments of busi¬ 
ness and industrial companies. The membership includes 
(November 1, 1944): 57 constituent members (national and region¬ 

al educational associations), 52 associate members (national or¬ 
ganizations in fields related to education), and 669 institution¬ 
al members (universities, colleges, school systems, etc.) — a 
total of 778. Almost all of the major educational associations 
are now actively affiliated with the Council. Institutional 
members are located in 4-7 states, the District of Columbia, and 
Hawaii. 

The Council is financed by membership dues and by grants from 
foundations, including the General Education Board and the 
Carnegie Corporation of New York. In recent years the Council 
has accepted grants from governmental agencies to carry on 











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special war activities related to education. The annual meeting 
of the Council is held on the first Friday and Saturday in May. 

Administration of the Council is in the hands of regularly 
elected officers, an executive committee, and a professional 
staff which includes: President, George F. Zook, who has served 
as president oi the Council since 193 4 and was formerly United 
States Commissioner of Education; Vice President, A. J. 

Brumbaugh, formerly Dean of Students, Chicago University; Ad¬ 
ministrative Associate, Donald J. Shank; Research Associate, 

J. Harold Goldtborpe; Consultant on War Activities, Francis J. 
Brown. 

WAR OPERATIONS: During the war, the Council has been working 
closely with the government including the War and Navy depart¬ 
ments. The Problems and Policies Committee has concerned itself 
with far-reaching problems of postwar educational reorganization, 
international educational relations, the possible effects of a 
year of compulsory military training, and the potential reorgani¬ 
zation of the RQTC. 

The Council has just finished, in cooperation with the War and 
Navy Departments, a Guide to the Evaluation Experiences in the 
Armed Forces , which the Council regards as one oi its most im¬ 
portant war time contributions. 

The United States Armed Forces Institute was established by the 
Army and Nsvy to provide off-duty educational and training oppor¬ 
tunities for service personnel. A program of instruction through 
correspondence and self-teaching courses is now available to all 
men and women in the armed forces through this Institute. The 
Council supervises the preparation of curriculum materials for 
the Institute, with Russell F. Neale as director, and is publish¬ 
ing and distributing testing materials prepared by the aimed 
forces to evaluate educational experience gained while in mili¬ 
tary service. 

The Council is assisting with the Army's plans for post-hostili¬ 
ties military education. Schools have been planned, both in this 
country and overseas, complete with teaching personnel. The 
Council has also prepared, for the Civil Aeronautics Administra¬ 
tion, analyses of courses in aviation. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Council has limited international 
connections. A joint Canadian-American Committee on Education 
has recently been established. A cooperative study has been 
undertaken with Canadian educators on educational relations 
between the two countries, including a survey of the treatment of 










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the United States and Canada in the textbooks of each country. 
There is a possibility that a similar committee will be es¬ 
tablished with Great Britain. 

The Council has a committee on international education and cul¬ 
tural relations, headed by Herman B. Wells of Indiana University 
which is concerned with the establishment of an international or¬ 
ganization for educational and cultural development. It also 
reviews the Council's several projects in the international 
fields. A subcommittee, on Asiatic studies, under the chairman¬ 
ship of Howard E. Wilson of Harvard University, has prepared 
several pamphlets for American schools. 

The Council has had extensive contacts with South America. Under 
contract with the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the 
Council recently produced for Latin American distribution a 
series of filmstrips on various phases of life in the United 
States. These have been prepared in Spanish and Portuguese. OWI 
has made use of the filmstrips. The Committee on Inter-American 
Schools Service is concerned with the development of a center for 
advice and assistance to schools in Latin America which are 
sponsored or supported by United States citizens or groups. The 
Committee on Financial Aid to Schools in Latin America advises on 
and administers grants from the Department of State to schools in 
Latin America which are sponsored by United States groups. 

MEMBERSHIP : Constituent members - $100 a year 
Associate " 10 a year 

Institutional' " ^0 a year 


PUBLICATIONS : 

The Educational Record , a quarterly journal edited by A. J. 
Brumbaugh 

American Universities and Colleges, most comprehensive publi- 
cation in this field. 


The Council also publishes a series of ’’Studies", and numerous 
books, pamphlets and tests. 
























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AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN*S COOPERATIVE COUNCIL. INC . 

and 

AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN * S EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL. INC . 

485 Madison Avenue Telephone: Plaza 3-0839 

New York 22, N„ Y 0 Plaza 3-9094 

PURPOSE : To raise the standards and marketing of American hand arts 
through education of the craftsman and the public 0 

AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COOPERATIVE COUNCIL 


Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb, President 

The American Craftsmen* s Cooperative Council, incorporated under the co¬ 
operative laws of the State of New York, and operating on a non-profit 
basis, acts as a parent organization for handcraft groups throughout the 
United States. Its purpose is to raise the standards of craftsmanship 
and provide wide marketing facilities for its members. Its principal 
function is the operation of America House as a marketing outlet for its 
members. 

The shop, America House, aims to be a nation-wide center where hand-made 
articles from all over the United States may be found. The only criterion 
demanded is fine craftsmanship, whether it be applied to work from a 
mountain farm or a city studio. The merchandise covers a wide range of 
crafts; hand-blown glass, metals, block printed fabrics, ceramics, weaving, 
hand-made furniture, and other specialties. 

The members of the Council are craft groups from all over the country. 

Each group member owns a $2.00 share of stock in the Council and must 
purchase a share for each of its individual members selling through 
America House. In addition the Council maintains a special group for 
individual members not already affiliated with a group. 

Other Council activities include the initiation of new ventures, such as 
cooperative production groups. The Cooperative Council acts in an ad¬ 
visory capacity to the American Craftsmen's Educational Council. 

The Council publishes a quarterly magazine which has a wide distribution, 
the price of which is $1.00 a year. 

AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL. INC. 


Mr. Horace H. F. Jayne, President 

The American Craftsmen 1 s Educational Council is a national agency estab¬ 
lished in 1943 by the Directors of the Cooperative Council as a recogni¬ 
tion of the need for a group which would give unity and leadership to edu¬ 
cation in craftsmanship. It operates under a charter from the Regents of 
New York State and contributions to its activities are tax exempt. Its 
principal project for the present is the School for American Craftsmen, 
which it conducts in cooperation with the Dartmouth College Student Work¬ 
shop. 







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and 

AMERICAN CRAFTSMENS EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL. INC . 

The School is a program for the training and employment of the postwar 
craftsman in manual industry and the hand arts 0 The training takes place 
in Hanover, New Hampshire, and in other "continuation centers" established 
in adjacent communitieso The School includes training in textiles, wood 
work, metal work, and ceramics, and the training takes approximately two 
years, depending entirely on the capacity of the student,, Although the 
school is designed primarily to serve New Sigland and New York State, 
qualified students are accepted from any part of the country. Preference 
is given to discharged veterans, with free tuition provided under the G, I. 
Bill of Rights, 

To develop training in production, each "continuation center" operates as 
a "production center" affiliated with the American Craftsmen’s Coopera¬ 
tive Council, When a trainee has finished his study period and is ready 
to begin full production, he may continue with the producing group as a 
cooperating craftsman. As such, he is given an opportunity to buy shares 
in the cooperative endeavor and its equipment and to share in the profits 
of the group. If he wishes to work in his own home, he may join the Co¬ 
operative Council as an individual member and receive the design guidance 
and marketing service. 

The program of the centers is supervised fcy a Design Service Committee, 
which provides further training, procures suitable designs, buys materials 
and provides affiliation through America House, or other craft organiza¬ 
tions, The work of this committee is strengthened by a group of specia¬ 
lists who help secure good designs and pass on the finished work before 
it is placed on sale. The Design Committee is currently preparing a 
Design Portfolio which will be distributed to the affiliated craft organi¬ 
zations of the Cooperative Council, It will consist of a visual representa¬ 
tion of those elements of the theory of design which seem baifeic to all 
good work, George ?/, Eggers, head of the Art Department of the College of 
the City of New York, is chairman. 

In addition to sponsorship of the School, the Educational Council holds 
exhibitions at America House affording the public an opportunity to be¬ 
come acquainted with the work of leading American craftsmen, and making 
it possible for craftsmen to become widely known as individual creative 
artists. The Council is planning, within eighteen months after the close 
of the war, a comprehensive exhibition of the current hand arts of the 
United States, which will be held in cooperation with the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, The exhibition will be made available to other cities 
in this country and abroad. Traveling Trailer Museums under the super¬ 
vision of competent instructors are being planned which will bring to 
rural craftsmen the best examples of craft work. 

The Council is developing a library of books covering techniques, de¬ 
sign and allied subjects for the convenience of its members and acts as 
a clearing house for information and advice on craftsmanship. 




AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION 

The official national association for the dental profession. 


222 East Superior Street Telephone: Whitehall 44^2 

Chicago 11, Illinois 

Harry B. Pinney, D. D. S., Secretary 

PURPOSE : To cultivate the art and science of dentistry through 
maintenance of educational and professional standards, research, 
public education, sponsorship of just and uniform dental laws, 
and the safeguarding of the common interests of the members of 
the dental profession. 


ORGANIZATION : The American Dental Association was founded in 
1859 at Niagara Falls, New York. It is composed of 53 constitu¬ 
ent or state societies in the United States and territories. 

Each constituent society is composed of a number of component or 
local societies. Membership for the individual is always simul¬ 
taneous in the local, state and national association. 


The Association is financed largely by membership dues, although 
some income is derived from the sale of advertising space in the 
official journal and from the sale of exhibit space at its annual 
conventions. 


The officers for 1944-45 are Walter H. Scherer, president; Sterling 

V. Mead, president-elect; Herbert E. King, first vice-president, 

W. I. McNeil, second vice-president, E. M. Clifford, third vice- 
president; Harry B. Pinney, secretary and R. H. Volland, treasurer. 


OPERATIONS: The principal activities of the Associationare indicated 
by an enumeration of the major functional subdivisions; Research 
Commission, Council on Dental Therapeutics, Council on Dental Educa¬ 
tion Council on Dental Health, Judicial Council, Committee on legis¬ 
lation, Committee on Economics, Editorial Department, Library Bureau, 
Bureau of Public Relations, International Relations Committee and 
representatives on National Board of Dental Examiners. 

The War Service and Postwar Planning Committee is making careful plans 
for the relocation of demobilized dentists and for their post graduate 
education. The Council on Dental Health is making general plans for 
the future development of dental care, and is sponsoringJ^eral . 

legislation for two specific objectives; extension of dental research 
find dental care for children. The Association believes that the 
solution of many or most of the dental difficulties of adults can best 
be handled by developing the practice of getting dental treatment for 
children as early and as thoroughly as possible. 






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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES i Through its Committee on International 
Relations, the Association seeks to oromote an international ex¬ 
change of dental information. In cooperation with the government, 
it has prepared or sponsored a number of technical films in Spanish 
and Portuguese for distribution in all Pan-American Republics. 

These films may also be made in other foreign languages. The Associa¬ 
tion is a member of the International Dental Association, wh^ch at 
present has its headquarters in London. 

MEMBERSHIP : The general membership consists of the members of the 
constituent societies and other qualified members of the profession 
who are elected. There are approximately 60,000 members. Annual 
dues are $6, which include a subscription to the Journal . 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Journal of the American Dental Association , monthly. $5 a year 

Journal of Oral Surgery , quarterly. $5 a year. 

Educational brochures, leaflets, health posters, lantern slides 
and motion picture films are produced and distributed by the Bureau 
of Public Relations. 









AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 


A non-profit, professional organization in the field of dietetics 0 

620 North Michigan Avenue Telephones Delaware 3191 

Chicago 11, Illinois 


Gladys E 0 Hall, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE S To develop the science and art of nutrition through train¬ 
ing and placing personnel, establishing standards, publishing scientific 
material in the field, and stimulating teaching and research Q 

ORGANIZATION S The American Dietetic Association was founded in 1917 and 
is now composed of about 7000 individual members and 43 affiliated asso¬ 
ciations, 42 state and one Hawaiian 0 The membership is made up of pro¬ 
fessionally qualified dietitians employed in hospitals, school and college 
food services, industrial and commercial firms, government agencies, and 
in the teaching profession 


The Association has sections on food administration, diet therapy, pro¬ 
fessional education, and community nutrition 0 It conducts a placement 
bureau, approves standards of training, and holds an annual meeting 0 The 
officers of the Association ares president, Maniza Moores vice-president, 
Lillian B u Stcrmss secretary, Marie L 0 Hiness treasurer, Mable MacLachlanj 
president-elect, Bessie Brooks Westj honorary president, Lulu G. Gravess 
editor of the Journal n Mrs 0 Mary P. Huddleson 0 

The Association is a member of the American Council on Education and of 
the Women 0 s Joint Congressional Committee 0 


OPERATIONS ? The Association emphasizes the importance of good training in 
dieteticso Since the early 1920 ! s it has conducted an extensive training 
programo There are now 75 courses offered, principally in hospital diete¬ 
tics and food administration. Approximately 1000 students are currently 
being trained each year Q The courses are conducted in hospitals, univer¬ 
sities, institutions, government and business establishments 0 Some courses 
lead to a Master°s degree, and about one-third of the hospital courses pay 
a stipend in addition to maintenance 0 A program for the teaching of dietetics 
to student nurses is conducted by the Association in cooperation with the 
National League of Nursing Education,, 


The Association interests itself with legislation affecting the profession, 
and is at present working for the/passage of a law to give dietitians pro^ 
fessional rating in Civil Service capacities, in the hope that more highly 
qualified dietitians will be attracted to service in government agencies„ 


About 20 percent of the members of the Association are serving with the 




AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION -2= 


armed forces 0 Dues have been waived for members serving overseas 0 Several 
members are also serving abroad with UNRRA, 


The Association sends the Journal to 23 foreign 
countrieso There are 375 non-member subscribers to the Journal in other 
countries s plus 146 members living in foreign countries to whom the Jour ¬ 
nal is sent, The Association is eager to develop and extend its foreign 
contactso Ten copies of wartime numbers of the Journal are turned over to 
the American Library Association for lapsed foreign subscriptionso 


The Association maintains close but informal relations with the British 
Dietetic Association, 19 Porehester Square, London 0 

At the request of the State Department, numbers of the Journal are being 
microfilmed for India and the Near East 0 UNKRA has asked for 500 copies 
of the appropriate sections of Food Patterns of Some European Countries to 
be distributed abroad* Permission has been given for the translation into 
Spanish of the complete files of the Journal from January, 1939 0 

The Association feels that Its experience in handling food administration 
from the standpoint of practical skill in food handing as well as scientific 
nutritional knowledge should be of special interest to foreign countries* 

MEMBERSHIP S $10*00 annual dues* Membership includes the Journal „ 

PUBLICATIONS? 


Association . monthly* Subscriptions 
00 per year. 


rat#for non-member subscribers. 

Many reprints from the Journal are available 3 including? 

Dietary recommendations for blood donors* Dorothea F* Turner*, 

1943, 15^0 


Food Patterns of some European countries? Background for study 
programs and guidance of relief workers*, Helen S, Mitchell and Natalie 
Joffe, 1944, 150. 

Nutrition - A World Problem (set of four)? The United Nations 
Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture* Howard R 0 To&ley?. ^Nutrition and 
Agriculture*, M L„ Wilsonj Nutrition and Public Health* W 0 H 0 Sebrell, M, D u j 
Nutrition and the Community* Maxine Turner* 1945* 350 0 

Nutrition during pregnancy? A review* Bertha S« Burke, 1944, 150, 

Nutrition in relation; £0 eye function, Helen S u Mitchell, 1941, 100. 










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Nutritional and dietary inadequacies among city children from 
different socio-economis groups^ Martha Hardy $ Adelaide Spohn s et al OJ 
1943j 15* 0 


Mimeographed material includes§ 

Bibliography of Teaching Material for Co mmunity Nutrition. Classes, 

1943s, 5*o 

Selected List of References on National Food Patterns and 
Recipes 0 1944* 30*. 

Food Cost Accounting in Small Institutions 9 1941<> 50*» 

Objectives for the Student Nurses Dietetics Curricplum 3 1944, 15*< 
Planning _a Nutrition Laboratory in a Scho ol of Nursing a 1942*/ 30* < 
Principles of Professional Ethics , 1943s, 5*o 


Dietetics as a Profession, 1944, 25*„ 

Quantity Food Service Recipes «. 1940s> Jo B 0 Lippincott Co„, $4o00„ 
Care of Food Service Equipment ,, 1944s, Burgess Publishing Co 0 , $lo50 o 


List of Institutions Offering Training Courses A pproved by the American 
Octo , 1944, 15*o 
























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AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION 


A non-partisan and non-sectarian organization conroosed of per¬ 
sons interested in the study of political economy or the economic 
phases of political and social questions. 

Northwestern. University Telephones University 1900 

Evanston, Illinois 

James W. Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 

PURPOSE: 1, "The encouragement of economic research, especially 
the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of in¬ 
dustrial life. 

2. "The issue of publications on economic subjects. 

3. "The encouragement of perfect freedom of economic dis¬ 
cussion. The association as such will take no partisan attitude, 
nor will it commit its members to any position in practical economic 
questions." (information Booklet of Activities) 

Organization : Founded in 1885 by a small group of specialists, the 
American Economic Association, now has about 4000 members. Although 
its early membership consisted mainly of teachers of economics and 
other special students, general interest in economics has become so 
great that the membership of the Association has emended since about 
1910 to include business and professional men. Although, at the 
present time professional economists are a minority, the Association 
remains their one representative organization. 

The Association is affiliated with such organizations as the American 
Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. 
It has representatives on the National Bureau of Economic Research and 
certain public advisory bodies. 

The Association holds an annual meeting, designed to meet the varied 
interests of its membership and to offset and balance any tendency to 
particularism which geographical separation and diverse interests 
might produce. Papers and round table discussions are presented on 
a broad range of topics of general and soecial interest. Authorities 
in the several fields of economics participate, and Joint sessions 
with allied associations are held. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Association has a growing representa¬ 
tion in European and South American countries. Several sets of back- 
number publications are being held for honorary members and other 
subscribers to whom delivery has been impossible during the war. 

The Association is interested in reestablishing contacts with its 
members abroad. 






AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION -2- 

Many of the papers in The Review deal with international economic 
affairs. 

Several members of the Association have held important posts con¬ 
nected with war problems and matters of international concern. 

M EMBERSHIP : There are six classes of active membership: members 
paying annual dues of $5> family members paying annual dues of $1} 
junior members paying annual dues of $3J subscribing members paying 
an annual fee of $10? contributing members paying an annual fee of 
$25 or more} and life members who contribute $200 or more in a 
single payment, and are thereafter exempt from annual dues. 

Membership (except in the case of a family membership) entitles one 
to receive without further charge the American Economic Review , oc¬ 
casional monographs, the published Proceedings of the annual meeting, 
the Directory , and also to attend the meetings and participate in 
the discussions. The membership is also privileged to take advantage 
of special prices on occasional studies published by the Association 
and by other societies. 

Although membership is granted only to individuals, it is possible 
for libraries, institutions or firms to become subscribers. Sub¬ 
scribers do not vote in the annual election of officers, but the 
yearly subscription fee of $5 entitles them to receive all the 
publications of the Association. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

American Economic Review . quarterly, $5 per year, included in 
membership. 

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting 

The Handbook , a biennial publication containing an alphabetical 
and geographic list of members and subscribers, with their special 
interests. 

Monographs — From 1886 to 1910, the Association published a 
number of studies on special economic topics dealing largely with 
current problems, many of these are still available at various prices. 


Information Booklet 














AMERICAN EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP 


A national organization of men, women and youth, handed together 
in a mutual concern for education. 

289 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Orchard 4-1827 

New York 10, N. Y. 

Vinal H. Tibhetts, Director 

PURPOp: ir To define good education; and then to enlist and direct 
the fighting interest of its parent, teacher, student and citizen 
membership to achieve this good education for all children and 
youth." (From a statement by the organization.) 

ORGANIZATION : Formerly the Progressive Education Association, 
the American Education Fellowship is the United States Section of 
the New Education Fellowship, which has its international head¬ 
quarters at 50 Gloucester Place, London, W. 1, England (telephone: 
Welbeck 5265 .) 

The American Education Fellowship was organized very recently, in 
November, 1944, inheriting its international affiliation from its 
predecessor. 

The new organization operates under the guidance of officers, a 
policy-making board of directors, members-at-large, and a paid 
staff of four under the direction of Mr. Tibbetts. It intends to 
encourage the establishment of local chapters in every section of 
the country "for the purpose of giving free play to the demo¬ 
cratic processes of discussion, planning and social action." 

The Fellowship is financed by contributions of members and has no 
affiliation with governmental or other agencies and no program of 
aid or scholarships. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The American Education Fellowship is 
collaborating with the New Education Fellowship in forcing tenta¬ 
tive plans for an international conference in Prague in 1945. 

(The latter has branches in every part of the British Commonwealth, 
in many South American countries, and on the European continent. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: Although its predecessor, the PEA, used OWI 
facilities for sending books and publications abroad, particularly 
to parts of the British dominions and United Kingdom, the Fellow¬ 
ship has made no effort to accumulate publications for regions it 
could not reach by mail and thus has no stockpiles. 







AMERICAN EEUCATION FELLOWSHIP -2- 


MMBERSHIP: (l) The regular membership fee is $3*00 P er year, 
which includes a subscription to the official journal, Progressive 
Education; (2) there is a special rate of $1,50 per year for in¬ 
dividuals whose annual incomes are $1,500 or less; ( 3 ) When 10 or 
more people from the same school or community join at the seme 
time, the rate is $ 2.50 for each membership-subscript ion instead of 
$ 3 . 00 . 

Members of the Fellowship receive a discount on all PEA publica¬ 
tions. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Progressive Education — a periodical published seven times a 
year; $3.00 per year. 

American Education Fellowship: Its Objectives and Program - 
three sheets mimeographed. 

It's Time to ACT — six-page illustrated flier. 

Book and Bamphlet Publications — printed booklist of all 
PEA publications still "in print and offered for sale by the 
Fellowship. 













AMERICAN EUGENICS SOCIETY 

A research and educational organization in eugenics and related fields 0 

1790 Broadway Telephone? Circle 5=8000 

New York 19, N 0 Y 0 

Maurice A 0 Bigelow, President, Acting Secretary 

PURPOSE? To forward the practical application of eugenic principles in 
the improvement of the welfare of the American population through research, 
education and conservative legislation in eugenics 0 

ORGANIZATION? The Second International Congress of Eugenics held in New 
York City in 1921 led to the formation of the Eugenics Committee of the 
United States„ This group was incorporated as the American Eugenics Society 
in 1926 0 The AES owes much of its early support and development to Major 
General Frederick H 0 Osborn, now Director of the Morale Services Division, 

U„ So Army Service Forces 0 The Society has 600 members drawn from the 
fields of genetics, biology, hygiene, psychology, sociology, human rela¬ 
tions/* etCo 

In its early years the Society was concerned only with the hereditary 
biological qualities of population 0 As research advanced, however, the 
Society aimed its program at supplementing the scientific principles of 
genetics with an understanding of the influence of social and physical en¬ 
vironment on the development of the individual» Its program is a diverse 
one—the integration of the various factors involved in maintaining an 
adequate birth rate and improving the average biological quality of American 
population,, The Society encourages research in the study of human genetics 
and human mutation, immigration and the migrations of peoples, social mobi¬ 
lity, the effects of war on rural and urban environments, hybridization, 
birth control, the influence of education, religion, and wealth on fertility, 
etCo 

The Society emphasizes that the elements of population which should be en¬ 
couraged to reproduce exist in all socio-economic classes, but educates the 

as to the desirability of more births among those groups educatio n al l y 
and economically fitted to raise children, and less births among the under¬ 
privileged o In laying the ground work for public education, the AES is 
first devoting its efforts to college and professional audiences 0 Through 
published material and joint conferences it attempts to enlist in its pro¬ 
gram members of the medical profession, public health authorities, social 
service workers, and others and make these leadership groups conscious of 
their responsibility for reducing the incidence of hereditary defects 0 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ? The Society exchanged publications with the 
British Eugenics Society and with groups in Latin America, before the war 
disrupted communications 0 






AMERICAN EUGENICS SOCIETY -2= 


MEMBERSHIP ; Lay and professional => $3o00 

Subscribing and contributing •=> $5<>00 to $100□00 
Membership includes subscription to Eugenical News 


a quarterly p 
10 * 


$3o00 yearly p rol 0 30, 1945 


PUBLICATIONS; 





AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION 


A federation of state, county, and community farm bureaus. 

58 E. Washington Street Telephone: Dearborn 6933 

Chicago 2, Illinois 

John J. Lacey, Director of Information 

PURPOSE : "To correlate and strengthen the state Farm Bureaus and 
similar state organizations of the several states in the national 
federation; to promote, protect, and represent the business, economic, 
social and educational interests of the farmers of the Nation, and 
to develop agriculture." (Article 2 of its Articles of Association.) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Farm Bureau Federation was organized in 
1919 and incorporated in 1920. The history of its development is 
closely interwoven with that of the extension service of the United 
States Department of Agriculture. In seventeen states today, the 
county farm bureau is the official agency through which the U3DA ex¬ 
tension work is carried out, and in some other states the Bureaus vork 
closely with the Extension Service. 

The country as a whole is organized in units of varying sizes: l) the 
community farm bureau, which meets in ooen forum to discuss farm prob¬ 
lems and develops a urogram to inform the membership concerning the 
program and activities of the organization, local, state, and national, 
and to foster the loyalty and support of the organization; 2) the 
county farm bureau, which is generally the basic administrative unit 
of the organization; 3) the state farm bureau, which unifies the county 
organizations behind a state-wide program to protect and foster 
agriculture throughout the state. 

At the top of this structure is the national organization of the 
American Farm Bureau Federation, which serves as a clearing house of 
information for the other bureaus, and correlates and coordinates their 
work. Policies and urograms are worked out at the annual convention, 
with each state represented by a number of delegates depending on the 
size of its membership. The Farm Bureau encourages the establishmen+ 
of the various cooperative marketing organizations and aids in coordi¬ 
nating their work; promotes broad civic programs to improve community 
life; seeks to mold public opinion on the problems which farmers face 
and maintains a Legislative Department in Washinrton, D. C. to sponsor 
and enlist support for legislation beneficial to the farmer, such as 
the stabilization of farm prices at profitable levels. 

The Federation is financed by the dues levied upon the state organi¬ 
zations. The officers are Edward A. O'Neal, president; Earl C. Smith, 
vice-president; R. B. Corbett, secretary and treasurer; John J. Lace^, 
director of nformation. 





AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION -2- 

INTKRNATIQNAL INTERESTS : The Federation is highly interested in inter¬ 
national relations. To date,it has been chiefly concerned with main¬ 
taining relations among English-speaking peoples. foreign groups are 
invited to attend the national conventions, and representatives of 
the Federation have frequently gone abroad to confer with foreign 
groups on agricultural problems. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are about 830,000 members, who pay annual dues of 
from $2 to $15, of which the national organization gets 50£. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Official News Letter , biweekly. 

The Nation's Agriculture , monthly. 












THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS 


A non-profit national art association 0 

Barr Building Telephones National 8178 

Washington 6, D 0 C 0 

Thomas C 0 Parker, Director 

PURPOSE? w To unite in closer fellowship all who are striving for 
the development of art in America, either through production or the 
cultivation of appreciation; to encourage and foster endeavor; to 
prevent 9 as far as possible, duplication of effort; and to furnish a 
channel through which public opinion, instrumental in securing bet¬ 
ter legislation, may find expression*. w 

ORGANIZATION g The American Federation of Arts was formed at a con¬ 
vention of representatives of art museums and other art organizations 
in 1909 o Within four months the Federation had 48 organizations en¬ 
rolled as Chapters and about 300 individual members — painters, 
sculptors, and architeets 0 Its present Chapter membership of 500 
includes /the leading museums, art gallery schools, art associations 
and such national groups as: American Association for Adult Educa¬ 
tion, American Association of University Women, American Library Asso¬ 
ciation, American Planning and Civic Association, Association of 
the Junior Leagues of America, Delta Phi Delta, Southeastern Arts 
Association, Southern States Art League, and Western Arts Association 
Its Chapter and Institutional Membership Directory of 450 official 
organizations includes leading museums and art associations of the 
United States and Territorial Possessions, and Canada u 

The Federation is financed through membership dues 0 The officers 
are: Robert Woods Bliss, honorary president; Hudson D 0 Walker, 
president; Harry L Gage, treasurer; Thomas C G Parker, director 
and secretary 0 

OPERATIONS : The Federation regularly held annual conventions which 
are currently suspended for the duration of the war 0 However 
annual members 0 meetings are still held Q 

Through its Advisory Service and Bureau of Information, the Federa¬ 
tion acts as a clearing house for ideas and information concerning 
art activities in the United Stateso It fosters special projects 
and experiments, and circulates traveling exhibits and illustrated 
lectures o The idea of having traveling art shows originated with the 






THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS -2° 


Federation, and its Traveling Exhibition Program which is carried 
out in cooperation with American museums of art, is a most active 
one 0 This program is administered by a special committee headed by 
Mrs, Juliana Force, director, the Whitney Museum of American Art„ 

Among the exhibits circulated in the United States are those en¬ 
titled? "Negro Art Comes of Age;” ‘’Modern Advertising Art;” "Paint¬ 
ing in the United States, 1944; n ’’United Seaman*s Show;’’ "War Art 0 " 

The Federation established an experimental Little Gallery in Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, which was the forerunner of the whole Art Center move¬ 
ment, In another project, it worked to correlate works of art with 
literature, history and social studies for use in the rural schools 0 
It has been influential in securing legislation in the field of arts 
removal of tariffs, and the authorization and establishment of a 
National Commission on Fine Arts 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g The following organizations are chap¬ 
ters of the Federations in Canada, the Edmonton Museum of Arts, 

Queens University in Kingston, National Gallery of Ottowa, Art Gallery 
of Toronto, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery; the Institute of Jamaica, 
BWI;in ftredi, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Art Society, Hui 
No Eau, Wailuku, Maui 0 

The Federation conducts an extensive correspondence with art organi¬ 
zations in other countries, especially with the Institute of Design 
in England. Arrangements may be made for some of the traveling ex¬ 
hibits to be circulated overseas 0 

MEMBERSHIP ; Both individuals and art organizations are eligible for 
membershipo Individual dues start at $10 0 00 and endowment members 
pay dues of $500„00 and up 0 Affiliated organizational dues are 
$15°00 and $25o00 annually 0 

PUBLICATIONS ; 

Magazine of Art o monthly 0 $5 o 00 a year 0 

Art Annual „ Lists American Museums, art schools and art societies, 
with activities and personnel Lists art critics, paintings sold at 
auction, publications and feHowships 0 List, $12 o 00 o 


Who’s Who in American Art n List, $8° 00 









AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS 


A classroom teachers' organization affiliated with the American 
Federation of Labor. 


506 S. Wabash Avenue Telephone: Harrison 2950 

Chicago 5, Illinois 

Irvin R. Kuenzli, Secretary-Treasurer 

PURPOSE: "To bring associations of teachers into relations of 
mutual assistance and cooperation; to obtain for them all the rights 
to which they are entitled; to raise the standard of the teaching 
profession by securing the conditions essential to the best pro¬ 
fessional service; to promote such a democratization of the schools 
as will enable them better to equip their pupils to take their 
place in the industrial, social, and political life of the communi¬ 
ty; to promote the welfare of the childhood of the Nation by 
providing progressively better educational opportunity for all." 
(From its Constitution.) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Federation of Teachers, organized in 
1916, is an autonomous body within the American Federation of 
Labor. It is made up of more than 250 locals which, in turn, are 
usually affiliated with local and state labor bodies. Locals may 
be formed in any county or city on the application of a minimum 
of seven members by any group of teachers, except those in schools 
that are established for commercial or religious purposes. The 
organization is primarily for public school teachers, but teachers 
of any grade from kindergarten to university are eligible. 

Basically the educational program of the American Federation of 
Teachers is that of the American Federation of Labor. Among the 
points of the program are federal aid to equalize educational op¬ 
portunity; wider use of the school plant; reduction in the size 
of classes; revision of teachers' salary schedules upward; increase 
of school revenues to maintain and develop public schools; coop¬ 
eration between boards of education and superintendents and com¬ 
mittees representing the teaching body in all cases of controversy 
between school authorities and teachers; tenure of position for 
teachers during efficiency; sound pension laws; protection of the 
schools from propaganda and all forms of exploitation; labor 
representation on school boards; compulsory attendance laws; free 
text books; opportunity for every child to receive adequate educa¬ 
tional advantages; opposition to all attempts to curtail educational 
opportunities at any time. 

To carry out its policies the American Federation of Teachers has 
standing committees on academic freedom, adult education, cultural 
minorities, education by new media, educational policies, insurance 





AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS -2- 

and credit unions, international relations, pensions and retire¬ 
ment, school secretaries, state federations, taxation and school 
finance, tenure, vocational education, and working conditions. 

The Federation maintains a non-strike policy. It cannot be com¬ 
pelled by any labor authority to take action it does not wish to 
take. 

It is financed by membership dues. The governing body is the 
Executive Council,which consists of the president, secretary- 
treasurer and fifteen vice presidents. The officers are Joseph 
F. Landis, president; Irvin R. Kuenzli, secretary-treasurer. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; The Federation is interested in the work 
of similar organizations in other countries and keeps in touch with 
them by exchange of publications and visits of representatives. 

MEMBERSHIP : Each local pays per capita dues to the national organi¬ 
zation at the rate of 100 to 400 per member per month depending on 
the salaries of the members of the local. The average is approxi¬ 
mately $2.00 per year. There are 35,000 members. 

PUBLICATIONS; 


The American Teacher , monthly during the school year. $2.50 a year. 
Occasional pamphlets relating to the work of the organization. 







AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLUED. INC. 


A national, non-profit organization for promotion of the interests 
of the blind throughout the United States. 

15 West 16th Street Telephone: Chelsea >2820 

New York 11, N. Y. 

Ur. Robert B. Irwin, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : Promotes the interests of the blind throughout the 
United States in close cooperation with all state and local organi¬ 
zations. 

ORGANIZATION : The American Foundation for the Blind was establish¬ 
ed in 1^21 and now occupies its own buildings in New York. It has 
a staff of one hundred, twenty of whom are employed on a Talking 
Book project sponsored by the Library of Congress. 

The Foundation is a non-profit agency supported by endowment and 
by private contributions from members, donors and contributors. 

It is the largest organization in the United States in the field 
of work for the blind. It collects and disseminates information 
regarding all phases of the work. It promotes state and federal 
legislation on behalf of the blind. It arranges for the estab¬ 
lishment of needed agencies for the blind throughout the country. 

It promotes training end placement of well qualified professional 
workers for the blind. It develops mechanical appliances for the 
blind, such as the Braille typewriter and the Talking Book (a long- 
playing phonograph record). It conducts a lending library for 
workers for the blind, containing more than 8,000 ink-type books, 
pamphlets and magazines in English and foreign languages on every 
phase of blindness. It has increased employment and earnings of 
the blind through the creation of its affiliated National Indus¬ 
tries for the Blind which acts as a liaison between federal and 
other purchasing agents and workshops for the blind. It maintains 
a rest home at Monroe, New York, for blind women of New York and 
New Jersey. 

The Foundation grants scholarships to blind students who have 
definite vocational goals. About 150 $500 scholarships have been 
awarded to date; a few of these have gone to Latin America. 

Officers of the Foundation include: Honorary President, Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt; President, Major M. C. Migel; Vice President- 
Treasurer, William Ziegler, Jr., president of the E. Matilda 
Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, New York; Secretary, Dr. Gabriel 
Farrell, Director of Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School 





AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND, INC. -2- 


for the Blind, Watertown, Mass. (The Executive Director is Dr. 
Robert B. Irwin, Chairman of the Committee of the War Blind of the 
American Association of Workers for the Blind, and the Assistant 
Director is Alfred Allen, secretary general of AAWB.) 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; The Foundation is working directly with the 
Army and Navy and with the Veteran's Administration in rehabilita¬ 
tion of war-blinded servicemen. Arrangements have been made by the 
Surgeon General of the War Department by which persons blinded in 
the Pacific theatre of war are sent to the Dibble General Hospital 
in Menlo Park, California, and those who lose their sight in the 
Atlantic theatre go to the Valley Forge General Hospital in 
Phoentxville, Pennsylvania. Preliminary training in braille, and 
the use of special appliances for the blind is provided by es¬ 
pecially trained workers. After the acute hospital treatment is 
completed, the blinded service men are sent to the social adjust¬ 
ment center for the blind located at the Avon Old Farms School in 
Farmington, Conn. Here they are given instruction in braille, 
typewriting, etc., and some general pre-vocational training. When 
they leave this center and are discharged from military service, 
they are eligible to receive life pensions, and also vocational re¬ 
habilitation at the expense of the Veterans Administration, which 
is also authorized to supply these discharged servicemen with guide 
dogs and mechanical and electronic equipment for aiding them. There 
are supplementary services and equipment, however, which the War and 
Navy Departments are not permitted to provide, such as watches es¬ 
pecially adapted for the use ol the blind. Accordingly the American 
Foundation for the Blind presents each man with one of these watches. 
The Foundation, furtheimore, plans to continue its contacts with 
these men after they are discharged from the armed forces in order 
to insure that they have an opportunity to take advantage of the 
services for the blind which are being offered by Federal and State 
governments as well as by private agencies. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Foundation maintains close relations 
with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 186 Beverly 
Street, Toronto and the National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great 
Portland Street, London, England. 

The Foundation also has a working relationship with the American 
Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind, 4 Rue de Montevideo, 

Paris, and it maintains contacts with agencies for the blind in 
South America, Central America, and Mexico. The Foundation took a 
leading part in arranging a world conference held in New York in 

1931. 





AMERICAN PCmPATION FOR THE BLIND, INC, -3- 


HJBLICATIONS : 

Periodicals: 

Braille Book Review - monthly in braille and mimeographed form 
free. 

Outlook for the Blin d and the Teachers Forum - a professional 
magazine - For workers for"tEe”blind. Issued ten times a year. 
Ink-print edition $2 a year. Braille edition $1 a year/ 
Talking Book Topics - quarterly - recorded edition $1 a year, 
inkprint edition free to Talking Book readers. 

Books and Pamphlets - a large list. 











AMERICAN FKIENDS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA 


A non-profit voluntary organization of Americans existing as an in¬ 
formation and cultural center. 

8 V.est 40th Street Telephone: Lackawanna 4-1476 

iv ew York 18, N. Y. 


Ruza L. Stuerm, Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To keep Americans alive to the achievements of t v e 
Czechoslovak people and their state, to the vital importance of 
their democracy in the reconstruction of Pbrope. 

"To channel American sympathy through concrete projects of help 
in Czechoslovakia’s reconstruction, which would strengthen the 
Czechoslovak people in their upholding of democratic ideals for 
which we have fought together." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Friends of Czechoslovakia was founded 
in 1939 to organize both relief and cultural activities. Its pre¬ 
sent program is chiefly conceived to foster exchange of ideas and 
to bolster the postwar American-Czechoslovak unity through its 
practical applications in postwar economic, cultural and political 
problems. 

The organization took the initiative in securing help for refugees 
and medical equipment for Czechoslovak .fighting forces. Through 
its work many potential Czech leaders were saved and many chil¬ 
dren rescued from concentration camps. In 1943, American Friends 
of Czechoslovakia were instrumental in organizing a unified war 
relief agency for Czechoslovakia and in its inclusion in the 
National Y.ar Fund. In accordance with the President's V.ar Relief 
Control Board's policy of unification, they withdrew from the 
field of direct war relief and continued with their cultural and 
postwar reconstruction activities. 

Chairman of the American Friends of Czechoslovakia is William J. 
Schieffelinj treasurer, Kenneth D. Millerj vice-chairmen, Robert 
J. Caldwell and James T. Shotwell. President Edward Benes of 
Czechoslovakia and Nicholas Murray Butler are honorary chairmen. 


01-IEaTTONC : The organization p resents Czechoslovak music, art 
and literature to the American public by sponsoring concerts, art 
exhibits, lectures, broadcasts, special events, etc. In a semi¬ 
monthly bulletin, News of Czechoslovakia , and through special 
studies, the American public is told of the Czechoslovak struggle 
against fascism and of developments in the political economic and 
social problems of Central Europe. 







AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA -2- 


American Friends of Czechoslovakia h as established a reconstruction 
fund for restocking Czechoslovakia's university libraries and 
training her scientists, experts and students; and a sponsorship 
and education fund for Czechoslovak orphans whose parents have 
been killed by the Nazis. It cooperates with the Freedom Fund in 
its activities for reconstruction of Czechoslovak cooperatives. 

MEMBERSHIP : Annual Fees: 

$ 5 for membership 

$ 25 for sustaining membership 
$100 for life membership 


PUBLICATIONS : 

News of Czechoslovakia , semi-monthly. $1.00 per year. 
Democracy in Czechoslovakia . Brachett Lewis. 50/ 
Czechoslovakia Since Occupation . Brachett Lewis. 50/ 

Czech Music. Literature, and Theatre under t v e Protectorate . 

Milos Safranek. 


Other pamphlets 









AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 
An institution devoted primarily to research in geography. 


Broadway at 156th Street Telephone: Audubon 3-4620 

New York 32, N. Y. 

Dr. John K. Wright, Director 

PURPOSE* "The advancement of geographical science; the collection, 
classification, and scientific arrangement of statistics and their 
results; the encouragement of explorations for more thorough knowledge 
°f parts of the North American continent and of other parts of 
the world which may be imperfectly known; the collection and dif¬ 
fusion of geographical, statistical, and scientific knowledge, by 
lectures, printed publications or other means; the keeping up of a 
correspondence with scientific and learned societies in every part 
of the world, for the collection and diffusion of information «nH 
the exchange of books, charts, maps, public reports, documents and 
valuable publications.... " (From Article 2 of its amended Charter.) 

ORGANIZATION : The organization of the American Geographical Society 
of New York was begun in 1851 and completed in 1852. It was in¬ 
corporated in 1854. The original title, "The American Geographical 
and Statistical Society," was changed to the present one in 1871. 

The Society is devoted to the advancement of geography in its scienti¬ 
fic and cultural aspects, Its practical applications, and its bear¬ 
ing on fundamental problems of human existence and human relationships 
in the different regions of the earth. It carries on original 
investigations and encourages others to engage in geographical 
studies by editing and publishing the results of their work and by 
awarding honors to explorers and geographers of distinction. The 
Society has promoted, participated in, and published the results of 
studies relating to questions of wide public interest; for example,' 
settlement in the pioneer belts of the world, the problem of the 
white man in the tropics, the bearing of geography on international 
relations, the historical geography of the United States, polar ex¬ 
ploration and geography. The Society is frequently called upon by 
agencies of the United States government, as well as by private in¬ 
stitutions and individuals, for information, advice, and active co¬ 
operation. Emphasis is laid on the ideal of public service, on the 
duties and opportunities of the Society as a national institution 
concerned with public welfare. 

The Library of the Society, which is open to the public contains 
some 116,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and government docu¬ 
ments, 125,000 maps, 2,250 atlases, 28,000 photographs, and 2,000 
lantern slides. A feature of this collection is the special card 





AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK -2- 


index, known as the Research Catalogue, in which cards are filed 
for books and separate maps, and also for items rarely catalogued 
in the general libraries, such as geographical papers in serial pub¬ 
lications and maps in books and periodicals. The Research Catalogue 
is classified by regions and topics according to a scheme designed 
expressly to serve the needs of the geographical student. A number 
of bibliographical enterprises have been undertaken on the basis of 
this collection. 

In recognition of unusually praiseworthy work the Society bestows 
four gold medals. The Cullum Geographical Medal is awarded to 
"those who distinguish themselves by geographical discoveries, or 
in the advancement of geographical science," the Charles P. Daly 
Medal "for valuable or distinguished geographical services or labors)" 
the Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal for "exceptionally distinguished 
work in geographical research)" the David Livingstone Centenary 
Medal for scientific achievements in the field of the geography of 
the Southern Hemisphere. 

The Society is financed by membership dues, by endowment, by grants 
and donations for special research projects, and by payments for 
projects undertaken on contract, chiefly for the government. The 
affairs of the Society are governed by a Council of eight officers 
and fifteen Councillors. The chief officers are Roland L. Redmond, 
president) H. Stuart Hotchkiss, vice-president and chairman of the 
Council) R. McAllister Lloyd, treasurer. John K. Wright is the 
director. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The Society’s cartographical research unit and 
also other members of the professional staff have been engaged in a 
number of special projects for the State, War, and Navy Departments. 
Thousands of books and maps have been loaned to various government 
agencies, which have also made constant use of the library and have 
microfilmed a considerable p»rt of the entire map collection. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES t There is an active correspondence and 
exchange of publications and other material between the Society and 
similar organizations in other countries. It has maintained a 
stockpile of its publications to take care of the exchanges and 
subscriptions that have been interrupted by the war. It assists 
in the preparation of the Office of War Information’s "Geography 
News Letter." Before the war, it was a member of the International 
Geographic Union, which it hopes to see soon reestablished. 





AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 


>3 


Most of the work of its cartographical research unit during the past 
25 years has been concentrated on the production of a large map of 
the American continent and outlying islands south of the United 
States in 107 sheets. The map conforms in scheme and in standards 
of reproduction to the famous International Map of the ft or Id on the 
scale of 1:1,000,000. The map has not only been used in the settle¬ 
ment of a number of international boundary disputes, but has had 
many other critical peacetime and wartime uses as well as contribut¬ 
ing toward the promotion of better Inter-American relations. It 
will be completed shortly. Studies of various aspects of the geo- 
graphy and cartography of Hispanic America have been carried out in 
connection with this "Millionth Map" and published in the Geographical 
Review and in the series entitled Map of Hispanic America Publica ¬ 
tions . An index of all names appearing on the map is in course of 
publication. 

The Society has inspired and given direction to a number of studies 
of human settlement in different regions and published the results 
both in book form and in the Geographical Review . They deal with 
problems peculiar to the frontier areas of the world that are still 
open to modern colonization. 

To promote the progress of geographical exploration, the Society 
has sponsored, or lent financial support or instruments to, expedi¬ 
tions that gave promise of yielding results of value; provided ex¬ 
plorers with technical advice in regard to methods of survey; edited 
and published maps and reports of expeditions; and also sent a few 
expeditions of its own into the field. It has cooperated closely 
with many outstanding explorers — notably Stefansson, Byrd, ft'ilkins, 
Ellsworth, and Mawson. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are three classes of members: honorary members, 
honorary corresponding members, and fellows. To the first class, 
of highest distinction, not more than three may be elected in one 
year. The second class, unlimited, includes persons who are of 
outstanding ability in the fields of activity of the Society or who 
have promoted a knowledge of geography in a signal manner. Their 
election is a special form of recognition designed for the encourage¬ 
ment of research. The qualification for a fellow is an interest 
in the spread of geographical knowledge, and in the advancement of 
science. There are five classes of fellows, whose dues range up¬ 
ward from vlO a year. The present total membership is 4,500. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

The Geographical Review . Quarterly. $5 a year. 

Map of Hisuanic America . 1:1,000,000. 107 sheets, of which 105 

have been published. $2.00 a sheet. 












AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEIfv YORK -4- 


Map of the Americas . 1:5,000,000. 3 sheets. $2.75 a sheet. 

Current Geographical Publications: Additions to the Research 

Catalogue of the American Geographical Society . Monthly 
(mimeogra/hed) $3.75 a year. 

Among the books published by the Society are: 

Japan: A Geographical View . By G. Smith and D. Good. 1943. 

$ 1 . 50 . 

The Face of South America: An Aerial Traverse . By J. Rich, 

1942. $4.00. 

The European Possessions in the Caribbean Area . 1941. $1.00. 

Inner Asian Frontiers of China . By 0. Lattimore. 1940. $4.00. 

fthite Settlers in the Tropics . By A. G. Frice. 1939. $4.00. 

Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States . By C.O. 
Faullin. 1932. $15.00. 












AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS 


A nitioiml, non-sectarian association of organists advancing the 
of church music 0 


cause 


630 Fifth Avenue 
New York 20, N„ Y 0 


Telephones Columbus 5=5630 


So Lewis Elmer, Warden 

PURPOSE ; "To advance the cause of worthy church music; to elevate the 
status of church organists; and to increase their appreciation of their 
responsibilities, duties and opportunities as conductors of worship 0 


”To raise the standard of efficiency of organists by examinations 
in organ playing, in the theory of music, in general musical knowledge 
and in choir training; and to grant certificates of Associateship, Choir- 
mastership and Fellowship to members of the Guild who pass such examina¬ 
tions „ 


"To provide members with opportunities for meeting, for the 
discussion of professional topics, and to do other such lawful things as 
are incidental to the purposes of the Guildo" (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATIONs The American Guild of Organists was founded in 1896, and a 
cjiarter was granted by the Board of Regents of the University of the State 
of New Yorko It has over 100 chapters throughout the United States and a 
national membership of more than 6000 o Organists from foreign countries 
have been named honorary members 0 The Guild°s work is carried on by eight 
officers and a council of 24 0 Deans of Chapters are members of the Council 
ex officioo 

The examinations which the Guild conducts in practical organ playing, theory, 
general musical knowledge and choir training constitute the real work and 
represent the true standards of the Guild 0 The requirements for the exami¬ 
nations are of high character 0 The most advanced examination, that for 
Fellowship, is one of the most comprehensive musical examinations given in 
this countryo 

The Guild also presents model services in many parts of the country, festi¬ 
vals by combined choirs, and recitals by resident organists and visiting 
virtuosio It arranges lectures, round-table discussions, and social meet¬ 
ings o Contests under the sponsorship of the Guild have resulted in the 
creation of new anthems, hymns, and organ compositions,. The practical 
results of the work of this organization have been many, notably the marked 
improvement in standards of organ playing and choral work in the church 
service,. 







AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS -2- 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; The Guild maintains close relationships with 
corresponding organizations in other countries; in particular with the 
Canadian College of Organists, Les Amis de l’Orgue in France, and the 
Royal College of Organists in London after which the American Guild was 
patterned. Twenty Fellows and ten Associates of the Royal College have 
been granted the corresponding certificates of the Guild, 

Many prominent European organists have been invited to the United States 
to make tours. Also a number of American organists, members of the Guild, 
have personal connections with European organists, and several Americans 
have made European tours. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is open to all organists as Colleagues, without 
examination, upon the payment of a $2.00 initiation fee and $3.00 annual 
dues. Members can become Associates or Fellows only after passing the 
examinations. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Diapason , monthly, the official magazine of the Guild, 
included in membership, contains news of the profession, reviews of new 
music, recital programs, choral events, discussions and articles. 







AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION 


A non-profit professional organization uniting home economists working 
toward a common goal of strengthening and developing the field of 
home economicso 

620 Mills Building Telephones Metropolitan 1080 

■Washington 6 P D 0 C Q 

Lelia Massey, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE; "The object of this Association shall be the development and 
promotion of standards of home and family life that will best further in- 
dividual and social welfare 0 

"Specifically the Association shall aim to advance this object; 
by the study of problems connected with the family and the institutional 
household^ by improving and extending home economics instruction in schools 
and colleges and in adult education programs; by improving professional 
education for all home economists; by encouraging and aiding investigation 
and research in problems of home economics; by issuing publications and 
holding meetings through which there may be wider and better understanding 
of the value of home economics; and by endeavoring to secure legislation 
for the advancement of home economics interests*" (From the Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION ; The American Home Economics Association was incorporated 
in 1909o Since that time, it has grown from a small organization to its 
present size of 15,116 individual members, 314 college student clubs, 11 
groups of homemakers, and one foreign group* The formerly affiliated 
high school clubs (over 2000) have formed a new separate organization* ^ 
Home economics associations in the states and territorial and insular 
possessions of the United States are organic units of the Association* 

An annual national meeting is held at which all members of the Association 
gather to determine the legislative policy, program of work and changes 
in the Constitution of the Association* There are three governing bodies 
of the AHEAs the council, which consists of regional and state representa¬ 
tives, past presidents and present officers; the executive board, which 
consists of the officers and chairmen of departments and divisions; the 
executive committee, which consists of the officers and one other member 
appointed to represent the departments and divisions* Officers are elected 
by the council, which also appoints the committees and determines the 
general policies of the Association* The executive board carries out the 
administrative duties, manages the finances and headquarters office, and 
prepares materials to be considered by the council* The executive commit^ 
tee acts for the executive board between the annual meetings* 

The subject matter interests of the Association are reflected in the 






AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION -2- 


organization of its divisions? art* family relations and child development* 
family economics* food and nutrition* housing* textiles and clothing„ In 
addition* there are several departments which father the professional in¬ 
terests of the various groups within the Association? colleges and uni¬ 
versities* elementary and secondary schools* extension services, home 
economics in business* home economics in institution administrations, home- 
makings, research* social welfare and public healths, student clubs 0 Com¬ 
mittees are formed to promote specific activities of the Association* 
covering such fields as? apprentice training* home management* registry 
of home economists* consumer interests* home economics in health education* 
legislation* etc„ 

The Association is financed by membership dues* subscriptions and sales of 
publications* advertising* exhibits and convention registration fees 0 The 
officers of the Association include? president* Dora S Q Lewis* New York 
University; executive secretary* Lelia Massey a 

OPERATIONS ? The current program of work of the Association consists of 
activities concerned with the following functions of the AHEA? "interpret 
the functions of family life in a democratic society and help families 
to perform these functions with increasing success and satisfaction; 
participate in social action* in cooperation with business* labor* edu¬ 
cational* health and welfare groups* study and interpret legislation af¬ 
fecting family well-being* promote better living levels for families in 
other countries^ strengthen home economics,," 

In normal times a national annual meeting is held* the time and place being 
determined by the regional councilors 0 The state and local meetings are 
determined by each group,, Between meetings* the various division and de¬ 
partment officers and committees carry on their activities and plan 
programs for their special interests at the annual meeting,. 

In its activities the AHEA cooperates with organizations in the United 
States and abroad* encourages student clubs* and endeavors to promote in 
the general public greater appreciation of home economics 0 The Association 
is a group representative of all home economics interests* and attracts 
to its membership all qualified home economists 0 

A Coordinating Council of Home Economics has been set up to unify the work 
of three organizations in the field of teacher education in home economics,, 
The organizations which participate in this Council are? AHEA* American 
Vocational Association and the National Education Association 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? The AHEA helps to bring about five foreign 
fellows each year to the United States to study,. Between 1930 and 1944* 

36 fellowships were awarded to 32 young women* representing 19 countrieso 
The cost of these fellowships is partly defrayed by the institutions at 
which the young women study* and partly by the home economics student clubs 
and Omicron Nu sorority,. The International Committee of the AHEA selects 





AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION <=3= 

the fellows, The chairman of this committee is Marjorie Heseltine* United 
States Children 11 s Bureau* Washington* D 0 C 0 The committee member in 
charge of selection is Marie Dye* Michigan State College* Bast Lansing* 
Michigan, There are many more applications from abroad than can be 
granted* and the AHEA would like to double its program. 


The Association formerly had exchanges with about 25 foreign journals. 
Reprints of articles from the Journal of Home Economics have often appeared 
in the Bulletin de la Federation Internationale d Enselgnement Menager , 
published by the Federation at Fribourg* Switzerland. 

The British counterpart of the AHEA is the Association of Teachers of Domes- 
tic Subjects* 29 Gordon Square* London* W 0 1 0 

The last International Congress of Home Economics was held in Copenhagen 
in 1939^ which the AHEA sent representatives, 

MEMBERSHIP ; 

l) Individual memberships open to any person who meets the professional 
requirements. Membership is effected by joining one of the 50 state or 
other affiliated home economics associations. 

Active; $3,00 dues* receive the Journal of Home Economics ,, 

Junior; $1 o 00 dues* do not receive the Journal „ 

Life; $75o00 fee. 

Honorary; conferred by the Association in recognition of distinguished 
service in the field. 


2) Affiliated memberships 

Student clubs; details on requirements may be received upon inquiry 
to the headquarters office. 

Homemakers? groups of homemakers may affiliate through a state associa¬ 
tion by paying dues* $5,00 of which is for the national Association, 

Foreign groups; a group in a foreign country* organized because of 
interest in home economics* affiliates by paying dues of $5o00 direct to 
the Association, 


PUBLICATIONS ; 

Journal of Home Economics , monthly except July and August, Included 
in active membership* subscription price $2,50j after January 1* 1946* $3,00, 
New subscriptions are limited at present due to the paper shortage, 

A magazine for college students is published four times a year. Sent 
to affiliated college home economics student clubs. 

Consumer Education Service ,, series of planographed releases issued 
September through May, Consists of annotated lists* rexx>rts* news* and 
suggestions relative to consumer problems. Current yearly subscriptions* 
$1,50, 

The Life of Ellen H, Richards ,, Caroline L, Hunt, 330 pp, 1942, $1,50, 

Your Career , a 12-panel illustrated folder showing the opportunities 
open to graduates in home economics. Single copy* 100; 10 or more* 30 each; 
1000 copies* 20 each. 

Other books* pamphlets* pictures and mimeographed material on family 
economics and consumer problems* family relationships* and child development* 
textiles and clothing* food and nutrition* etc. 
















WWW wnffP IIAL. ASSOCIATION 

A non-profit s educational and service organization of American and Canadian 
hospitals and hospital administrators 0 

18 East Division Street Telephones Ufoitefaall 4350 

Chicago 10* Illinois 

George Bugbee* Executive Secretary 

£URP0§Es "Its object shall be to promote the welfare of the people through 
the development of hospital and out-patient service 0 T 0 further this object* 
the Association shall encourage professional education and scientific re¬ 
search* aid in the health education of the public* cooperate with other 
organizations having a similar object* and do all things which may best 
promote hospital and outpatient service efficiency,," (Statement in By-Laws) 

ORGANIZATIONs Founded September 12* 1899 as the "Association of Hospital 
Superintendents 91 with nine members* the Association now serves 3500 member 
hospitals and 3200 individual administrators in the United States* Puerto 
Rico* Hawaii* the Philippines and Canada by an exchange of educational 
material and technical information 0 The Association Is financed by insti¬ 
tutional dues dependent on patient census* individual dues* and proceeds 
from the sale of publications and services 0 Membership requirements include 
approval of professional services by the American College of Surgeons and 
by the American Medical Association Social and public service requirements 
are being developed ty the Association itself as the hospital 0 s role in the 
community becomes more complex,, The American Hospital Association has in¬ 
stitutional membership in the International Hospital Association and also 
was a founding member of the Inter-American Hospital Association,, Many of 
the Association members belong also to other national hospital organizations— 
the Catholic Hospital Association* the Protestant Hospital Association and 
the National Hospital Association,, Most other hospitals not coming under 
any of these three categories belong directly to the American Hospital 
Association,, By membership on consulting bodies* the Association is rep¬ 
resented in practically every organization in the health field,, 

Policies of the Association are established by the House of Delegates* the 
members of which are elected by authorized representatives of the institu¬ 
tional membershipo The Board of Trustees* elected by the House of Delegates, 
is the executive body of the American Hospital Association which administers 
its property* funds and policieso The experience and knowledge of its mem¬ 
bers are utilized in the formation of consulting bodies as councils and 
committeeso The work of each of the councils is coordinated and translated 
into service programs by permanent secretaries of each council under the 
direction of the Executive Secretary of the Association,,. The council names 
and functions are as followss Administrative Practices Professional Prac¬ 
tices Hospital Planning and Plant Operations Public Relations; Government 
Relationss International Relations; Education; and the Hospital Service Plan 
Commission, and Association Relations,, 




ASSOCIATION -2- 


OPERATIONS ; The Council on Administrative Practice considers matters of a 
general administrative nature such as hospital economics, admission and 
collection procedure*, purchase and issuance procedure 0 The Council on 
Hospital Planning and Plant Operation concerns itself with the planning 
and maintenance of the physical plant of the hospital. In addition to 
many projects in conjunction with plant operation and the housekeeping 
functions*, this Council is now developing an approval plan for hospital 
architects to assist hospitals or communities in the preparation*, planning 
or building of an appropriate hospital 0 

The Council on Professional Practice concerns itself with the relations 
of the hospital to its professional staff and to the administration and main¬ 
tenance of standards and qualifications of hospital treatment. Medical 
service*, nursing 9 dietetics*, social service*, x-ray*, physical therapy*, and 
other professional areas within the hospital are studied and coordinated 
by this Council. The Council oh Public Relations is formulating and execu¬ 
ting a "service concept" for application at the hospital level 0 Bnphasi- 
zing the need for integration of hospitals into the community, this 
Council assists member institutions with programs of public education and 
planned public relationships 0 Information and suggested materials for 
these campaigns are included in a periodic bulletin published by the 
Council. Development and execution of public education programs at the 
national level is also within the province of this Council 0 

The Council on Government Relations maintains a Washington office*, the 
Washington Service Bureau*, for the Association membershipj as an infor¬ 
mation center for government agencies and a point of interpretation for 
hospitals*, the Bureau distributes the Washington News Letter to the 
Association membership 0 Two results of the myriad contacts with the 
government agencies ares l) the American Hospital Association contract 
with the U 0 S. Public Health Service correlating recommendations and ad¬ 
ministrative details of the U. S 0 Cadet Nurse Corps training program^ 2) ac¬ 
ceptance by the Children 1, s Bureau,. U Q S. Department of Labor*, of the 
Association's Hospital Accounting and Statistics as the basis for payment 
to hospitals for government purchased hospital care. 

The Council on Association Relations develops effective working programs 
making possible a common approach to problems universal to all hospitals. 
Correlation of the programs of state and regional hospital groups with 
those of the national group is the responsibility of this Council,, The 
Council on Education is evolving and executing programs of basic and ad¬ 
vanced instruction in hospital administration. The development of insti¬ 
tutes on the multiple responsibilities of hospital administration and the 
coordination of an integrated system of texts and manuals are within the 
province of this Council. 

The Hospital Service Plan Commission works to extend the application of the 
principles of group payment for hospitalized illness*, to improve the efficiency 
of non-profit hospital service plans and coordinate the activities of the 
81 Blue Cross Plans approved by the American Hospital Association. This 






° 3 ~ 


Commission serves both the interest of the public (18 million participants 
in Blue Cross Plans) and the interests of the hospitals and the individual 
plans themselveso 

The Bacon Library of the American Hospital Association is perhaps the only 
library in the world exclusively devoted to literature in the field of 
hospital administration Its services are available to the general public 
as well as to member and non-member hospitals 0 The Library receives ap¬ 
proximately 250 periodicals related to the hospital and allied fields from 
which a most elaborate and valuable clipping service has been set up„ Clip 
sheets on 700 subject headings are assembled and distributed .in response 
to requests for specific topics^ The Library carries on an extensive cor- 
respondence and information service sending a great deal of material abroad 0 
Of potential value to postwar arrangements abroad is the supply of blueprints 
for hospitals and hospital buildings which can be borrowed in photostatic 
form 0 Working in conjunction with the Library is the Association 0 s research 
departmento Information on problems in either the professional or adminis¬ 
trative aspects of hospital car© can be secured on request 0 

In regard to wartime and postwar hospital functions* it should be observed 
that the American Hospital Association is concerned not with medical care in 
itself but with hospital administration 0 The Association is an almost inex¬ 
haustible source of material for those who wish to learn about the hos¬ 
pital field and any of the practical problems that can occur in community 
health affairs„ A set of brochures on problems confronting a community 
which wishes to establish a hospital or expand one is being readied for dis- 
tribution 0 The Association is represented in the planning of veterans 0 hos¬ 
pital care and in the development of federal rehabilitation programs u Con¬ 
tinuing to work for better hospital organization* expanded community service*, 
better patient care and more efficient hospital financing*, the Association 
is increasing both public understanding of the hospital and health leaders 0 
understanding of the hospital needs of the public 0 "The hospital is emerging 
as an agent of society with responsibilities unique in all of the educational 
and social services^ Hospital care has come to be accepted as almost a 
given right of the American citizen,, To fulfill this responsibility to society 
and to accomplish public expectations*, it is vitally important that hospi¬ 
tals have common objectives and a unified approach to mutual problems,,” 

(Official Statement) 

"Prompted by the evident need for a national survey of hospital services*, 
the American Hospital Association through its Committee on Postwar Planning 
appointed an independent*, non-political*, public service group ^ the Commission 
on Hospital Care*, to study the present facilities*, the practices*, policies 
and programs of voluntary*, non-profit*, private and governmental institutions 
of all types that care for the sick and to recommend a program of expansion 
when needed and the further development and coordination of hospital ser¬ 
vices (Official Statement) Thomas S 0 Gates of the University of 
Pennsylvania is Chairman„ Members include important representatives from 
the fields of hospital administration*, medicine*, dentistry*, nursing* sociology 


ASSOCIATION =4= 


and economicso Labors management and farm interests will have a voice in 
the study. The work of the Commission is being financed by $35*000 grants 
from each of three philanthropic foundations3 the Commonwealth Fund* the 
Kellogg Foundation* and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. 
State study groups are stimulated to cooperate with this pioneer "needs 
and resources" study. The American Hospital Association is interested in 
coordinating the state surveys and establishing a possible basis for a 
national hospital plan. The Commission on Hospital Care has published 
Organization and Survey Procedure for a State -Ho spital-Study and SqQpe Tr o£ 
Study and Planning for a State Hospital-Study 


_ _ An International Hospital Association was set 

up just before the war started* and a meeting was planned for 1938 in 
Canada* which could not be held*. The Honorary President is Malcolm T 0 
MacEachern* M, D.* of the American College of Surgeons* who is also Chair- 
man of the American Hospital Association^ Council on International Re- 
lationso The American Hospital Association* the United Kingdom Council 
of the International Hospital Association and the Swiss Hospital Associa- 
tion are eager to revive the international organization after the war. 


The Council on International Relations is also tied up with the Inter- 
American Hospital Association5, of which the American Hospital Association 
is a founding member 0 One member of the Council* Bfcr 0 Felix Lamela* of 
the Inter-American Hospital Association* works with the Pan-American 
Sanitary Bureau in Washington and acts as liaison between the Inter- 
American group and AHA, Meetings of the Inter-American Hospital Associa¬ 
tion have been held in Mexico City and Atlantic City. The President is 
now Gustavo Baz* M 0 D 0J) Mexican minister of public health and welfare. 
Regional Inter-American institutes have been held in Mexico City and 
Lima under the auspices of the Inter-American Hospital Association,, Spon¬ 
soring organizations in the United States included the AHA* the American 
College of Surgeons* the U. S 0 Public Health Service* the American Gol= 
lege of Hospital Administrators* the Office of the Coordinator of Inter- 
American Affairs* and the Childrens Bureau of the Department of Labor. 
American experts in all phases of hospital administration lectured at 
these institutes* more of which are planned for the future. The Inter- 
American Hospital Association is also considering a Spanish language 
journalo 

A large volume of international correspondence on hospital problems is 
handled by the Council on International Relations. It has also aided in 
the placement of physicians* nurses and others from Central and South 
America In hospitals and schools for the purpose of post-graduate study 
and experience. Close touch is kept with UNRRA regarding conditions in 
Africa* Europe and China. The Council has offered its cooperation in 
every way possible. 


The American Hospital Association is very anxious to receive literature 
again from Europe. Interest has been indicated in European hospital 
standards* accounting procedures* etc.* developments in Great Britain 









AMERICAN. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION as¬ 
under the '"Beveridge Plan", hospital planning in Sweden,, Russian "Feldsher” 
trainings Finnish hospitals 0 

ipMfilRSHIPa Active Institutional; According to Patient census 

Minimum§ $60^00 

Maximum; $300„00 

Associate Institutional; $25 o 00 

Personal; $5,00, $25,00, or exemjt 

Subscribing (Foreign hospitals)? $25,00 


PUBLICATIONS a 

.Hospitals ® monthly journal of the American Hospital Association, 
$2,00 to members s $3,00 to non=members. 


American Hospital Directory complete information on number of beds, 
employees and patients, extent of financing and type of sponsorship, names 
of trustees, department heads, etc 0 


Among the two hundred manuals and publications are? 


■Qrgsfligatigp 


Hospitals 
Hospital Accounting and Statistics 
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of Alcoholism 

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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS 


The national organization of the architectural profession. 

1741 New York Avenue Telephone: National 1727 

Washington, D. C. 

Edward C. Kemper, Executive Secretary 

HJHPOSE: To promote practical and scientific elficiency of the 
profession, to advance education and aesthetics in architecture, 
and the allied arts, and constantly increase the service of the 
profession to society. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute, organized in 1857* f° r the ®ore than 
eighty years of its existence has been successful in improving 
conditions which affect the cultural standards of the country, the 
welfare of the building public and the advancement of the archi¬ 
tectural profession. It is now composed of 73 self-governing 
chapters and 23 affiliated state organizations, all working in 
their respective districts under broad national policies fixed 
annually by the delegates in convention. There are shout 5000 
individual members. 

The affairs of the Institute are administered from its headquart¬ 
ers at The Octagon, Washington, D. C. The Octagon, a famous 
Washington mension,was built by Col. John Taylor in 1800. The 
architect was Dr. William Thornton, noted architect of the period. 
After the year 18l4, the British having burned the White House, 
President James Madison occupied the Octagon, and during his occu¬ 
pancy the Treaty of Ghent between the United States and Great 
Britain was signed by him, in the circular room, which is now used 
as the Secretary's office of The .American Institute of Architects. 

That portion of the income of The Institute which is derived from 
dues paid by its members, from sales of published documents and 
from rents and interest is used for operating purposes. The bal¬ 
ance of income, that received from endowment funds and gifts, is 
applied to such purposes as general architectural education, the 
support of numerous scholarships, the care of The Institute 
Library, the maintenance of The Institute's property, and a gen¬ 
eral endowment fund. 

The Institute has active committees, whose personnel is representa¬ 
tive of all sections of the country, engaged upon subjects of 
general interest to the public and to the architectural pro¬ 
fession, such as — Allied Arts, Federal Public Works, Housing, 
Architectural Education, Architectural Services, Contract 





THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS -2- 


Documents, Industrial Relations, Structural Service, Registration 
Laws, Public Information, Preservation of Eistoric Buildings, 

Civic Design, Organization of State Societies, City Planning, 
Inter-Professional Relations, and Competitions. 

Officers of The Institute include: President, Raymond J. Ashton, 
Salt Lake City, Utah; Vice President, Walter R. MacComack, 
Cambridge, Mass.; Secretary, Alexander C. Robinson III, Cleveland, 
Ohio; Treasurer, James R. Edmunds, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Institute has participated in the 
Pan-American Congress; it also has connections with the National 
Architectural Societies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, 

Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay, Argentina, and others. Up to 1939* 
the Institute had close relations with the American Academy in 
Rome. 

The Committee on Foreign Relations, whose Chairman is Philip L. 
Goodwin, has done the most work in the international field. This 
Committee, with the Museum of Modem Art, worked up the archi¬ 
tectural exhibit which the OWI sent to Stockholm. It has also 
worked on two exhibitions with the National Council of Architects 
of this country and the Soviet Union. 

MEMBERSHIP : Any architect living in the United States or in its 
territories or possessions, whether or not a citizen of the United 
States, may be admitted to membership in The American Institute of 
Architects if he satisfies its Board of Directors that he has 
adequate professional qualifications, an honorable standing in his 
profession and community, and is able to undertake the pecuniary 
obligations of the membership. The admission to membership normally 
is twenty-five dollars. At present for newly-elected members the 
dues of the Institute for the first year of membership are five 
dollars; for the second year, five dollars; for the third year, 
ten dollars. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Journal of the American Institute of' Architects, - monthly - 
^OO-a year--- 


Books and pamphlets. 












■AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF DECORATORS 


A national organization of interior architects, designers and 
decorators. 

4l East 57 th Street Telephone: Plaza 8-1642 

New York 22, N. Y. 


Stephen Jussel, President 

Mrs. M. M. Girard, Executive Secretary 


RJHPOSE: To promote educational programs, to advance the art of 
Interior design and decoration; to uphold in practice a code of 
ethics of mutual benefit regarding trade and public relationships. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute was iounded in 1939, now includes 
thirteen chapters covering twenty-four states, with independent 
members in nine other states. Associate members comprise heads of 
schools and heads oi departments of interior design and decora¬ 
tion in colleges and universities, designers who have made notable 
contributions in the field, and specialists among writers on in¬ 
terior design and decoration. 

Among its activities the Committee on Education arranged and con¬ 
ducted three regional round table discussions on interior design 
and decoration: one in Chicago, 1938; one in San Francisco, 1939; 
one in New York, 194-0. Taking part were representatives from the 
leading schools and universities in each section. The proceedings, 
which have been published by the Institute, provide valuable 
source material on the subject ol education for students of in¬ 
terior architecture, design and decoration. 

A sub-committee of the Committee on Education conducts national 
competitions in schools, arranges exhibitions at headquarters and 
medals known as the "Rorimer" medals are awarded. Chapters in 
other cities arrange to show the work selected for the travelling 
exhibitions. 

Other travelling and local exhibitions are arranged by the 
Institute. Recently a project^ BUDGET HOUSE, designs for houses 
in the middle income range, was shown from coast to coast. 

Another exhibition is being prepared for 19^5* 

The Institute has an attractive modem gallery and offices in the 
Hiller Building in the heart of New York's art center. 





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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Institute has thus far confined its 
activities to the U.S., but it has members in England, Canada, 
Mexico and Hawaii. 

MEMBERSHIP : Eligibility requires two years ol academic work of 
college level, three years of technical training in interior 
design and decoration in a registered school of design, and a 
minimum ol three years of practice. 

PUBLICATIONS: Annual - with photographic and text material relat- 
to decorative arts $5.00 (Discontinued during 
the W8r) 

Proceedings of the Round Table Discussions 
For the three $1.50 

Bibliography on Interior Architecture, Design and 
Decoration $1.00 

You and Your Home - small booklet with simple rules 
for interior decoration 10# 


Membership Directory 


$ 5.00 








THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (AIEE) 

Technical association of members of the profession. 

33 Vest 39th Street Telephone: Pennsylvania 6-9220 

New York 18, N. Y. Cable Address: CYANDRIC 

H. H. Henline, National Secretary 

HJHPOSE: The advancement of the theory and practice of electrical 
engineering and of the allied arts and sciences, and the main¬ 
tenance of a high professional standing among its members. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute was founded in 1884 and incorporated 
in 189b and now numbers more than 22,000 members, exclusive ol 
about 4,000 enrolled student members. Besides the national head¬ 
quarters with its staff, there are ten geographical districts (one 
in Canada) each headed by a vice president, 73 sections (with some 
sub-sections) and 125 branch organizations. The 21 General, 
several Special and 19 Technical Committees constitute the elements 
through which the main activities are set in motion and through 
these "it is estimated that some 2,000 members take part each year 
in furthering the progress of the electrical profession within the 
framework of the Institute.” The National President of the Insti¬ 
tute is C. A. Powel ol the Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing 
Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa., and the National Secretary is 
H. H. Henline. The Institute is represented on such boards, com¬ 
mittees, and councils as United Engineering Trustees, Inc., 

National Research Council, World Power Conference, and numerous 
other organizations in the field. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS: Since 1912 the institute has had reciprocal 
arrangements with a number ol electrical engineering societies in 
other countries with exchange privileges (including a three months' 
membership) for visiting members. The Societies with which these 
reciprocal arrangements have been established are: Institution ol 
Electrical Engineers (Great Britain), Societe Francaise des Elec- 
triciens (France), Associazione Electrotecnica Italiana (Italy), 
Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs (Holland), Association Siisse 
des Electriciens (Switzerland), Norsk Elektroteknisk Forening 
(Norway), Svenska Teknologforeningen (Sweden), Verband Deutscher 
Elektrotechniker E. V. (Germany), Elektrotechnicky Svaz 
Ceskoslovensky (Czechoslovakia), Stowarzyszenie Elektrykow Polskich 
(Poland), Denki Gakkwai (Japan), The Institution of Engineers 
(Australia), and South African Institute of Electrical Engineers 
(South Africa). 

There are members ol the Institute in various parts of the world. 
Local Honorary Secretaries have been appointed in France (A. S. 
Garfield, 1^3 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e), Northern & Southern 







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India, New Zealand, Sweden (AF Enatrom Ingeniorsveten- 
Skapsakademien, Stockholm 5 ) The Transvaal, Australia, Brazil and 
England (A.P.M. Fleming, Metropolitan-Vichers Elec. Co., Traitor! 
Park, Manchester). 

MEMBERSHIP : A Fellow of the Institute must be J>2 years old and 
have ten years oi active practice in electrical engineering; a 
Member must be 27 years old with five years oi practice; Associ¬ 
ates must be 21 and qualified to fill a subordinate position in 
engineering work. Membership is not limited to the United States. 
Three annual conventions are held, besides occasional district and 
frequent local Section and Branch meetings. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - monthly. Free to members, non- 

members $12 in U.S., Mexico, Cuba, 

P. Rico, Central America, Hawaii, 
South America, Haiti, Spain and 
Spanish Colonies; $13 in Canada; $14 
in all other countries. 

TRANSACTIONS - Annual, $4.00 to members. $12.00 

plus extra foreign postage to non¬ 
members. 

ANNUAL REFERENCE INDEX 


THE STANDARDS OF THE AIEE 






THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS 


Rational educational non-profit organisation interested in main¬ 
taining standards and increasing appreciation in the graphic arts. 

115 East 40th Street Telephone: Caledonia 5-8375 

New York, K. Y. 

Miss Blanche Decker, Executive Secretary 

FUHPOSE: n To stimulate and encourage those engaged in the graphic 
arts; to form a center for intercourse and for exchange of views 
of all interested in these arts; to publish books and periodicals; 
to hold exhibitions in the United States, and to participate as 
far as possible in the exhibitions held in foreign countries, re¬ 
lating to the graphic arts; to invite exhibits of foreign work; 
to stimulate the public taste by schools, exhibitions, lectures 
and printed matter, to promote the higher education in these arts; 
and generally to do all things which will raise the standard and 
aid the extension and development toward perfection of the graphic 
art8 in the United States.” (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Institute, which was founded in 191^, offers to 
its members not merely the advantages of association with leaders 
in their chosen field, but a wide variety of cultural and practi¬ 
cal benefits. Meetings, frequently discussing graphic arts 
processes, are arranged for the members. Among the important 
exhibitions arranged, the most noted is the Fifty Books of the 
Year though other annual features such as the Rational Commercial 
Printing Exhibition, the Fifty British Books, the Sixty Textbooks, 
Hooks Made For Children and Fifty American Prints are becoming 
widely knownT” These are among the most impressive exhibitions of 
the graphic arts produced in this country. Special exhibitions 
are also arranged from time to time on particular subjects or in 
honor of individual artists in the graphic arts field. Nearly all 
of these exhibitions are sent on a cross-country tour, to museums, 
libraries, schools, and craftsmen's clubs. 

Under the auspices of the Institute special groups in New York 
have been organized, of which the best known are the Trade 3ook 
and the Textbook Clinics which meet at dinner with planned pro¬ 
grams for discussion. 

The Institute has offices in the Architectural League Clubhouse 
at 115 Ifest UOth Street. Its pleasant book-lined rooms contain the 
collection of all the past Fifty Books exhibitions since the First 
Year, 1923; and the privileges of the dining room in the clubhouse 
are extended to Institute members. Its membership list includes 
525 individuals and ICO organizations. Officers include 




















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George T. Bailey, president; Arthur R. Thompson, honorary presi¬ 
dent; Walter Frese, first vice president; Arthur Rushnore, secre¬ 
tary; F. Snerson Andrews, treasurer. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Institute has maintained close rela- 
tions with England "for many years. For the past ten they have been 
exchanging the "Fifty Books of the Year". With the aid of OWI, a 
recent Children's Book Exhibit wa6 sent to the National Book Club, 

3 Henrietta Street, London. The Institute also aided OWI in con¬ 
tributing material to a Graphic Arts show which was exhibited in 
Egypt. In cooperation with the Coordinator for Inter-American 
Affairs the Institute sponsored an exhibition of American-made 
books that toured Latin America in 19^2. The organization is look¬ 
ing forward to the restoration and strengthening of its foreign 
contacts after the war, 

MEMBERSHIP : Active membership in the Institute is by invitation, 
sponsored by two present members. The dues are $15 annually. 
Sustaining membership is available to publishers, printers, paper 
merchants, and other companies in the graphic arts field who 
desire to associate themselves with the Institute and to support 
its activities toward the improvement of graphic arts in America. 
The cost of a sustaining membership is $50 annually. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Newsletters - usually issued five times a year to members. 
Catalogues published in connection with exhibitions; 

H-fty Bosks of the Year 

Sixty Textbooks 
Fifty American Prints 

ftgpks Made Fpr Children 

Special publications of unusual desirability are frequently 
contributed by members for their associates. They are known 
as Keepsakes. 













AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS 


A voluntary association of 

29 West 39th Street 
New York IS, N. Y. 


members of the profession. 

Telephone: Pennsylvania 6-9220 
Cable Address: AIME 


A. B. Parsons, Secretary 

PURPOSE: The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical 
Engineers is an association of members of the profession to pro¬ 
mote the arts and sciences connected with the economic production 
of useful minerals and metals and the welfare of those employed in 
these industries. 


ORGANIZATION : The Institute, organized in 1871 under the name of 
the American Institute of Mining Engineers, is composed of indi¬ 
vidual members (12,000), and student associates (3,000) and is 
managed by a board of 27 directors elected by the entire member¬ 
ship. The President is Chester A. Pulton, President of the 
Southern Phosphate Company, and the Secretary is A. B. Parsons. 
About half the membership belong to local sections (one of which 
is in Rio de Janeiro and one was in Manila), each of which has its 
own officers and activities. Reports of their meetings are pub¬ 
lished in Mining and Metallurgy . 

The following endowment funds have been established, the incomes 
of which are available to the Institute for research, publications, 
and special projects: James Douglas Library Fund ($111,000), the 
Seeley W. Mudd Memorial Fund ($127,300), the Rocky Mountain Fund 
($123,000), the Charles Hayden Memorial Fund ($50,000), the 
Endowment Fund rt X H ($70,000), the Robert C. Gemmell Memorial Fund 
($25,000). 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Institute has approximately 25 O 
members in Europe, the largest numbers in England, Sweden, and 
Russia. It is also affiliated with two groups in England, the 
Iron and Steel Institute and the Institute of Metals. 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Mining and Metallurgy - monthly - $3 domestic, $4 foreign, $1.50 
tomembers. 

Mining Technology - twice quarterly 
Metals Technology - twice quarterly 
Petroleum Technology - issued bi-monthly. 

Transactions - 4 to [ bound volumes annually 


















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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. INC . 

An association composed of five scientific societies. 

57 East 55 th Street Telephone: Eldorado 5-5350 

New York 22, N. Y. 


Henry A, Barton, Director 

Madeline M. Mitchell, Publication Manager 

PURPOSE ; To advance and diffuse knowledge of the science of physics 
and its applications to human welfare: (1) by publishing Journals 
devoted to physics and related sciences; (2) by making available to 
the public through journals, newspapers and other channels of public 
information reliable communications as to physics and its progress; 

(3) by cooperating with local, national and international organizer- 
tions devoted to physics; (4) by promoting unity and effectiveness 
among physicists; ( 5 ) by fostering relations of the science of 
physics to other sciences and to the arts and industries. 

ORGANIZATION ; The Institute, organized in 1931* is an association 
composed of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of 
America, the Acoustical Society of America, the Society of Rheology, 
and the American Association of Physics Teachers, each of which is 
a member of the incorporated Institute and nominates three members 
for the Instituted governing board. The board elects the officers 
of, and supervises all matters concerning, the Institute. The 
societies which thus control the Institute have delegated to it mat¬ 
ters of common interest such as the general advancement of the science 
of physics and the publication of research journals. 

The only members of the Institute are the five member societies, 
as entities. The Institute, however, has Associates, which are 
corporations and institutions interested in supporting its work. 

The Institute does not bold regular scientific meetings, this 
being a function left to the member societies. It is represented 
on the National Research Council, quasi-official federal organizac¬ 
tion. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Institute, whose societies have 
mftmbftrs (nmgtly nationals) in France, Sweden, Switzerland and 
Italy, has no regular foreign affiliations, althou^i an informal 
affiliation exists with the Institute of Roysics and the Physi- 
sal Society in London. About UOO libraries abroad have eub- 
scribed regularly to the Instituted publications. During the 
submarine-menace days, the Institute overprinted 
„ents free of charge of all journals lost in transit to Bhgland. 






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WARTIME OPERATIONS: The Institute cooperates with the OWI by fur¬ 
nishing oNAF with abstracts of scientific matter for science news¬ 
letters and by allowing the photostating of articles appearing in 
its journals for distribution by the OWI in France. Many govern¬ 
ment departments subscribe to and receive reprints of the Insti¬ 
tute's printed matter, and from time to time special issues are 
devoted to branches of the service, such as an issue on "Physics 
in the Navy". The Institute has also worked with the War Manpower 
Commission. 

In cooperation with the American Library Association, the Insti¬ 
tute has stockpiled from 15 to 75 copies of each issue of its 
eight publications. 

MEMBERSHIP : The only members of the Institute are the five mem- 
ber societies as a group. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Institute publishes all of the journals de- 
voted primarily to the science of physics in the USA - eight in 
number. Of these three are owned and operated by the Institute. 
The remaining five are owned by several of the member societies 
and are operated by the Institute as agent only. 

A. Owned and operated by the Institute: 

1. Review of Scientific Instruments - monthly 
For members: $3*00 domestic; $ 3.50 foreign 
For nonnembers: $5.00 domestic; $ 5 .50 foreign 

2. Journal of Chemical Physics - monthly 
Domestic: $lO.O0; foreign $11.00 
Single copies: $1.00 each 

3. Journal of Applied Physics - monthly 

For members: $5.00 domestic; $5*70 foreign 
For nonmembers: $7.00 domestic; $7.70 foreign 

B. Owned by the American Physical Society 

1. Physical Review - semi-monthly 
Domestic: $15.00; foreign $ 16.50 
Single copies: $1.50 each 

2. Reviews of Modern Physics - auarterly 

For members: $3.00 domestic; $3.40 foreign 
For nonmembers: $4.00 domestic; $4.40 foreign 
Single copies: $1.50 each 

C. Owned by the Optical Society of America: 

1. Journal of the Optical Society of America - monthly 
Domestic: $7700; foreign $7.70 






















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D. Owned by the Acoustical Society of America: 

1. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - monthly 
Domestic: $F7DQ;~ foreign 

E. Owned hy the American Society of Physics Teachers: 

1. American Journal of Physics - bimonthly 

Domestic: $5.D0;~Toreign $ 5.50 





































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AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE 

A voluntary organization expressing the common interests of the members 
of the steel industry,, 

350 Fifth Avenue Telephones Lackawanna 4°5815 

Mew York 1* M„ Y 0 


Walter S 0 Tower* President 

PURPOSE S m To promote the interest of the iron and steel industry osr 
any part or branch thereof 5 to collect statistics and other informa¬ 
tion concerning the industry? to engage in investigations and research? 
to provide a forum for the exchange of information and discussion of- 
problems relating to the industry? to promote the use of iron and 
steel,, m (Official Statement) 


ORGANIZATION S In 1855 a group of prominent iron masters organized the 
American Iron Association* the first, f'ormal organization in the industry„ 
This group was reorganized in 1864 and renamed the American Iron and 
Steel Association,, The primary function of this association was the 
collection and dissemination of statistics,, In 1908* a supplementary 
group* now known as the American Iron and Steel Institute* was formed* 
since many activities in addition to the original statistical records 
were seen as necessary® The two organizations functioned side-by-aide 
until 1912* when the present Institute took over the records and acti¬ 
vities of the Association,, 

The Institute is governed by a Board of Directors* whose members are 
chosen from executives in the industry,, On the Board smaller companies 
are fully represented and often carry a majority vote of the Board® 

The Institute is a purely voluntary organization* and has no authority 
to control or direct any action of its members,. 


_An annual meeting is held by the Institute at which dis¬ 
cussions are held concerning policy and technical operations® A medal 
for the best technical paper presented at the technical sessions of 
the meeting is awarded as a memorial to Judge Gary* the Institutes first 
president® 


Most of the Instituted work is done under the direction of its many 
committees s whose wide variety indicates the scope of the work of the 
Institute® The committees include those on§ Manufacturing Problems* 
Coke Oven* Open Hearth* Industrial Relations* Building Codes* Steel 
Pipe Research* Reinforced Concrete Research* Traffic* Statistics* Com¬ 
mercial Research* Packaging and Loading* Publicity? and the following 
technical eommitteesg General Technical* Alloy Steely Bullet Cor© 
Steel* Plates* Track Accessories* Stainless Steel* Tin Plate* and 
Welding® 






The statistical reports of the Institute comprise an important part 
of its work. These reports are continuations of those issued by the 
organizatior which preceded the Institute and have been published regu¬ 
larly since 1868 0 The Committee on Statistics has also been preparing 
forms and collecting information for the new Iron and Steel Works Direc¬ 
tory a 

The Institute pioneered in sponsoring a program of welfare and safety 
among employers in the steel industry 0 At present every major steel 
company has a well organized program of safety 0 

Many research studies have been initiated* most of them under the spon¬ 
sorship of the Instituted committees and many in cooperation with other 
organizationso These studies have covereds axles and locomotive forgings* 
rails* welding* wrought steel wheels* stream polution* light steelycon¬ 
struction* steel pipe research* and reinforced concrete research. A 
special Fellowship was established by the Institute at the Mellon Insti¬ 
tute of Industrial Research in 1938 0 During 1944 this Fellowship was 
devoted to a , study on methods of disposal of waste pickle solutions 0 

The Institute maintains a library containing approximately 1700 volumes 
dealing with the subject of steel 0 The library also subscribes to 75 
technical magazines and papers* and keeps a current subject reference 
file of clippings* pamphlets* etCc 

WARTIME OPERATIQNS g Since 1940 a large part of the Instituted acti¬ 
vities have been carried on to benefit government war agencies* although 
the Institute has no official connection with the war program 0 

Many of the Instituted committees* such as those on Alloy Steel, Packag¬ 
ing and Loading* Bullet Core Steel* etc 0 * have worked in cooperation 
with many federal agencies including the War Production Board* the Treasury 
Department* Rational Bureau of Standards* War Manpower Commission* Se-- 
lective Service System* and the U c So Army Utilities Branch. 


Actives open to Individuals directly engaged in the iron and steel 
industry in the United States and Canada. 

Associates open to Individuals indirectly connected or affiliated 
with the industry o 

Companys open to companies engaged directly in the iron and steel 
industry* one or more of whose officers or employees are individual 
members of the Institute., 


acts ., bi-monthly. 
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•Safety^ 

Steel Makes the Home 


Recjsnt Activities of the,Instjtu$$ 


All publications are free to members and most of them are free to the public 






THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE 


A limited-membership association concerned with Jewish affairs 0 

386 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 5°0181 

New York 6, N„ Y 0 Cable Address: Wishcom, N. To 

John Slawson, Executive Vice-President 

Max Gottschalk, Director, Overseas Department 

PURPOSE : M To prevent the infraction of the civil and religious right# of 
Jews, in any part of the world ; to render all lawful assistance and to 
take remedied action in the event of threatened or actual invasion or 
restrictions of such rights, or any unfavorable discrimination with re¬ 
spect theretoj to secure for Jews equality of economic, social and edu¬ 
cational opportunity; alleviate the consequences of persecution and to af¬ 
ford relief from calamities affecting Jews, wherever they may occur; 
and to compass these ends to administer any relief fund which shall come 
into its possession” (From Section 2 of the Act of Incorporation) 

ORGANIZATION : The American Jewish Committee was organized in 1906 o In 
addition to the headquarters office in New York, there is a branch office 
in Washington There are local chapters in several cities in the United 
Stateso 

The Committee believes that Jews throughout the world are united by bonds 
of history, religion, culture and fellowship, but that this unity of in¬ 
terest is not based on the concept of the Jewish people as a unified na¬ 
tional organi#m 0 The Committee 0 s program is based upon the right of 
individual Jews to live as free citizens on a full basis of equality in 
the lands of their birth or adoption« Its three major fields of activity 
are protecting the civil and religious rights of Jews throughout the world; 
counteracting anti-Semitism in the United States; serving as a cultural 
intellectual center for American Jewry p thus making a contribution to 
the development in this country of well integrated American Jews 0 

In counteracting anti-Semitism, the Committee sponsors a program of public 
education in support of democratic principles, believing that unless there 
is a genuine democracy in the United States, the position of every minority 
group is precariouso It seeks to immunize American public opinion against 
anti-Semitism through a program of education and interpretation based upon 
the development of a better understanding of the Jews as individuals and as 
a groupo 

The Committee maintains a Library of Jewish Information both to strengthen 
American Jewish spiritual life and to aid in counteracting anti-Semitic 
propagandao Through its investigative department, the Committee has systema¬ 
tically studied Analy zed the trends and tendencies of anti-Semitism in 






THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE -2f- 

the United States® Through its community activities department, the Commit¬ 
tee gives intensive service on a day-to-day basis to over 300 community 
organizations throughout the country® 

The Committee's Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems con¬ 
ducts studies on post-war planning® Both through representations to vari¬ 
ous governmental agencies, and through its publications, it gives its 
support to various projects that will protect the civil and religious 
liberties of Jews and other minorities throughout the world® 

The Committee is financed by contributions from individuals and agencies, 
and by its endowment fund® Its officers are Joseph M® Proskauer, president; 
Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the executive committee; Morris D® Waldman, 
vice-chairman of the executive committee; David Sher, chairman of the ad¬ 
ministrative committee; Nathan M 0 Ohrbach, treasurer; Victor S® Riesenfeld, 
secretary; John Slawson, executive vice-president® 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; Besides contributing to the relief and rehabili¬ 
tation of the post-war world, the Committee seeks to aid in the restoration 
to the peoples of the various countries of their right to self-government, 
with liberty assured to all inhabitants regardless of their ethnic, religious 
or national backgrounds, and in the maintenance of Jewish rights and an 
open-door immigration policy in Palestine, so it may truly serve as one of 
the havens for Jews who may be unable to reestablish themselves in the 
lands of their nativity or adoption® It has invited representative and 
important figures from each country now resident here to meetings, and 
asked for their counsel on the policy to adopt with respect to the post¬ 
war situation in that country® It has an Overseas Committee for these 
purposes, and has presented many documented memoranda to the State Depart¬ 
ment and other government agencies on the conditions of Jews in foreign 
lands® 

With the increased importance of Latin America for Jewish life, it is seek¬ 
ing to promote closer liaison with the Latin American Jewish communities 
and to furnish them guidance® The Committee is also supporting the movement 
for the establishment of an international bill of rights of man® As a con¬ 
sultant organization to the American Delegation at the San Francisco 
United Nations Conference it was especially concerned with furthering the 
establishment of a Commission on Human Rights® 

MEMBERSHIP ; Jews who are citizens of the United States and who desire to 
aid in furthering the purpose and. program of the Committee are eligible 
for membership® The number of members is limited; there are now about 
2,200 members® 

PUBLICATIONS : The Contemporary Jewish Record ® bimonthly 

The Committee Reporter ® monthly 

The American Jewish Year Book ® yearly® (Published by the Jewish 
Publication Society®) 

Various miscellaneous publications, among which are the Study 
Course on Jewish Post-War Problems ® consisting of eight units and dealing 
with such topics as Jewish rights, Palestine, migration, relief and rehabilita¬ 
tion, Jewish survival, etc®; and To the Counsellors of Peaces Recommendations 
of .the American Jewish Committee ® 











AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS, INC 


A confederation of national affiliated organizations, branches, 
local affiliated organizations and individuals. 

1834 Broad-way Telephone.* Circle 6-1900 

New York 23, N. Y. Cable Address: CONGRESS 

Samuel Caplan, Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To express the will of American Jewry through demo¬ 
cratic representation." (From a statement in a leaflet dis¬ 
tributed by the organization) 

ORGANIZATION : The Congress was established in 1917 "for the 
purpose of defending the rights of Jews, wherever they may be as¬ 
sailed. It was organized in response to a mass feeling for the 
introduction of democratic methods in Jewish life." (Official 
statement) 

Today, the so-called Congress movement is comprised of the 
American Jewish Congress and the organizations which it has 
helped to establish and with which it is integrated: the 
World Jewish Congress, the Inter-American Jewish Council and 
the Institute of Jewish Affairs. 

The American Jewish Congress operates under the guidance of of¬ 
ficers, an executive committee and a paid staff. 

It has a commission on community interrelations to expose and 
combat anti-Semitism and other anti-democratic activities; a 
commission on law and legislation to protect civil rights and 
equality under federal, state and municipal law; a commission 
on economic discrimination to handle cases involving job dis¬ 
crimination; a women’s division which is also engaged in relief 
and welfare projects, and a youth division. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : "In the period of the first World War, 
the American Jewish Congress was the forum through which American 
Jewish life was coordinated on democratic lines. What was done 
in the ... Congress was reflected in the achievements of the 
American Jewish delegation which went to the Peace Conference 
at Versailles, where, together with representatives of other com¬ 
munities, they formed the Committee of Jewish Delegations. 

Through it, there was brought about the incorporation into the 
peace treaties of the minorities’ rights clauses and the pledges 
contained in the Balfour Declaration establishing Palestine as 
the Jewish National Homeland." (Official statement) 






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The organization pioneered in the battle against Hitler Germany in 
the anti-Nazi boycott* It took a leading part in the founding of 
the American Jewish Conference, a move for solidarity in efforts to 
help Jews abroad. 

Together with the World Jewish Congress, the AJC has been responsible 
for awakening governments and peoples to the mass killings in Europe, 
establishing the evidence and initiating efforts to save the Jews 
from Nazi terror. In the World Jewish Congress, which the American 
Jewish Congress helped to establish in 1936, the organization has 
gathered together the leaders in exile of the European Jewish com¬ 
munities and organized them for effective work on behalf of their 
respective groups. 

With the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Congress or¬ 
ganized in 1941 and now jointly maintains the Institute of Jewish 
Affairs, "foremost Jewish research body now engaged in surveying 
and analyzing the facts concerning Jewish life before and during the 
present war, with a view to establishing the basis of just claims 
after the war. The Institute is staffed by noted scholars and ex¬ 
perts whose published studies are widely recognized as authoritative." 
(Official statement) The Congress*s informational and research ser¬ 
vices are now carried on largely through the Institute. 

The American Jewish Congress has assembled the Jewish communities 
of the South American republics in an Inter-American Jewish Council, 
which, through a system of intercommunication and mutual support, 
serves as an instrument of Jewish solidarity. 

WAR OPERATIONS : Through its women's division, the Congress is aid- 
ing substantially in the war effort. It has housed and fed 50,000 
service men in its Congress defense houses* has sent 250,000 pounds 
of clothing abroad; has spent one-half million dollars for Allied re¬ 
lief; has bought 18 millions in war bonds. 

MEMBERSHIP : Associate member: $3 annual dues 
Regular member: $5 annual dues 

Sustaining member: $10 annual dues 
Honor roll member: $25 annual dues 

PUBLICATIO NS: Congress Weekly , subscription included in dues. 
Educational and promotional literature. 







AMERICAN JEWIgj JOINT DISTRIBUTION CCMMITTEE (j.D.C.) 
(Known in Europe as the American Joint Distribution Committee) 


A voluntary American agency for overseas relief, rescue and rehabilita¬ 
tion for the victims of war and religious persecution. 


270 Madison Avenue 
New York lfe, N. Y. 


Telephone: Lexington 2-5200 
Cable Address: J0INTDISC0 


Joseph C. Hyman, Executive Vice-Chairman 

PURPOSE : The relief and rescue of Jews and the rehabilitation and 
reconstruction of Jewish communities throughout the world. 


ORGANIZATION : J.D.C. was -established in 191^ as a war emergency agency. 
tn its 30 years of work it has expended over $150,000,000 to assist Jews 
in 52 countries overseas. It has a National Council of 5200 members 
which is the corporate body. The Council elects 210 to the board of di¬ 
rectors, whose work is carried out in turn by an executive committee 
chosen from the directors and by an administrative staff employed by them. 


Officers include: chairman, Paul Paerwald, New York; honorary chairman, 
Mrs. Felix M. Warburg; chairman of the board of directors, James N. 
Rosenberg; chairman of the National Council, Albert H. Lieberman, Phila¬ 
delphia; vice-chairman. Prank L. Sulzberger, Chicago. 


Eunds for the support of the J.D.C.'s overseas activities are contributed 
by some 4600 Jewish communities throughout the United States and, to a 
limited extent, by a number of communities in Canada. The J.D.C. allo¬ 
cates subventions to Jewish communit3 r , philanthropic, relief, emergency 
aid committees or projects for purposes of assistance abroad. The Com¬ 
mittee does not deal in United States domestic relief. Problems affect¬ 
ing refugees in the United States are generally handled through some 
special agency such as the National Refugee Service, the Hebrew Shelter¬ 
ing and Immigrant Aid Society or local community welfare committees. 
Emigrants are assisted by the J.D.C. in connection with coming to the 
Western Hemisphere, and the J.D.C. in combination with other organiza¬ 
tions, has defrayed the bulk of transportation needs of emigrants pro¬ 
ceeding to all parts of the world, including a substantial number to 
Palestine. The J.D.C. does contribute toward the rehabilitation of 
refugees ani local resident Jewish groups, whether in neutral countries 
or in Allied lands. 


The J.D.C.'s staff of overseas representatives stationed in all major 
unoccupied European countries is prepared to handle emergency situations 
and to provide immediate aid for Jews in distress. A very American and 
democratic organization in its outlook, the J.D.C. is motivated by long- 
range plans for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Jewish popula¬ 
tions abroad. 

The Committee is in close touch with our government, more especially 
with the State and Treasury Departments and the War Refugee Board. It 





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collaborates with the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, UNRRA, 
International Committee of the Red Cross and many private agencies such 
as American Friends Service Committee, Unitarian Service Committee, 
International Student Service, ‘YMCA, Catholic and other organizations. 

The Committee's work is always fluid and is constantly expanding. For 
its expanding emergency program in Europe for 1945 it will require a 
minimum of $46,570,000, an increase of more than §26,000,000 over the 
amount appropriated for 1944. 

Some idea of the magnitude of the activities of J.D.C. may he gained 
from a summary of the agency's activities in the five years from 1939 
through 1943: 

"(l) Helped an average of 900.000 persons annually since 1939. 

(2) Enabled 74,000 refugees to escape to Western Hemisphere and 
Palestine. 

(3) Aided more than 50,000 refugees in Spain, Switzerland and 
Portugal. 

(4) Organized special relief and rehabilitation programs for 
Jews in liberated areas of North Africa. 

(5) Promoted the integration of 125,000 immigrants in Latin 
American countries. 

(6) Sent food packages and medical assistance to Jewish refugees 
in Asiatic Russia and resumed official relationships with the Soviet 
Union to ship supplies from the United States to evacuees in Russia on 
a non-sectarian basis." 

(From Five Years of the United Jewish Appeal ) 

PUBLICATIONS : A monthly, the J.D.C. Digest , is sent to a large mailing 
TTSt"! Also Today's Facts and Figures about the J.D.C . issued periodi¬ 
cally; the J.D.C. Newsreel, a pictorial published several times a year; 
the Report of the Secretary, issued monthly, and the Annual Report. In 
addition, the J.D.C. research department prepares a Weekly Review for 
limited distribution to the officers and staff of the J.D.C. 










T HE AMERICAN LABOR CONFERENCE O N INTHiMATIONAT. AFFAIRS. TTiP, . 
A nonprofit organization devoted to research in behalf of labor. 


9 East 46 th Street 
New York 17, N. Y. 


Telephone: Plaza 3-9172 
Cable Address: ALCIAF 


Varian Fry, Executive Director 

" T ° “f ke available to the labor movement in the United States 
and elsewhere the information needed for a better understanding of 
international problems from the broad viewpoint of organized labor. 

This purpose is to be achieved through: (a) the undertaking of a re¬ 
search program in respect to the problems of the international organi¬ 
zation of all nations on a democratic basis, with due respect for 
labor s rights and freedoms, and with particular emphasis on the 
economic problems involved; (b) the undertaking of an educational 
problem designed to make such information available to labor and to 
the public generally, by means of publications, conferences, lectures, 
radio and any and all other appropriate methods of communication.'' 

(From the Charter) 


ORGANIZATION? The American Labor Conference on International Affairs 
was created in 1943 by a group of American labor leaders who are high 
officers of unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor, the 
Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Railway Brotherhoods. 

Its members include not only American labor leaders but also American 
and EXiropean scholars and representatives of European labor movements 
now residing in the United States. 

Its officers include: President, William Green, President of the 
American Federation of Labor; vice-presidents, David Dubinsky, Presi¬ 
dent of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; and Matthew 
Woll, vice-president, American Federation of Labor; secretary, George 
Meany, secretary-treasurer, American Federation of Labor; treasurer, 
Adolph Held, president of Amalgamated Bank of N. Y.; and executive 
director, Varian Fry. 

"The new organization will study the problems of the conduct of the 
war and the future peace from the point of view of organized labor," the 
original announcement said,"and (will) attempt to formulate policies 
on which the American and free European labor movements can agree... 
Organized labor everywhere must join in this preparatory work in order 
that, when the time comes, it may not be overwhelmed, because of un- 
preparedness, by forces which have nothing in common with the ideals 
of liberty, social justice and democracy." 

In the time which has gone by since its foundation, the American Labor 
Conference has sought in various ways to accomplish the aims for which 
it was established. With the aid of a small research staff and the 







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assistance of a number of American and European labor representatives 
and scholars who are collaborating with the Conference in four com¬ 
mittees (on political questions, economic questions, labor questions 
and questions of education), it has already prepared and jublished 11 
Occasional Papers and four Studies in Postwar Reconstruction . 

In addition to its publishing activities, the American Labor Confer¬ 
ence has also organized many meetings of labor representatives. The 
most notable of these was the convention which was held in New York 
in December, 1944. More than 500 labor representatives attended to 
hear outstanding labor leaders, scholars and government officials 
discuss the Dumbarton Oaks proposals and the question of world labor 
unity. 

Perhaps most important of all its activities, the Conference has on a 
number of occasions assisted the A.F. of L. and the C.I.O. in present¬ 
ing to the appropriate departments of the government a united labor 
policy on questions of international scope. 

The American Labor Conference was incorporated in February, 1945. 

An independent organization, it is financed by contributions from 
other labor organizations and membership dues. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The American Labor Conference is in contact 
with leaders of the Italian free labor movement, and expects shortly 
to establish contact with similar leaders in France and in other 
countries. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are two classes of members. The active members, 
who have one vote each, consist of the original incorporators and 
those individuals elected by the board of directors. The non-active 
members, who have no vote, are of seven kinds, ranging from student 
members who pay #3.50 annual dues to donors who pay #500 or more 
annual dues. The present membership is 200. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

A,L,C. News Letter , fortnightly; 10£ a copy, #2 a year. 

International Postwar Problems , quarterly; a copy, #3 a year. 

Occasional Papers. Divided into five series: Economic, Educational, 
Labor, Monetary and Political, with titles such as The Disposal of 
Government-Owned Plants after the Vmr T The Reform of the International 
Labor Organization . American and British Currency Plans . Prices vary 
from 10£ to #1,00. 


Studies in }ostwar Reconstruction: 















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S a fe guards .against Oppressive Lab or Conditions in Backward Country ps 

International Access to Raw Materials 

Germany in the Transition Period 

The Problem of Reparations . 

Prices are $1 each. 









— £ Al '‘ £hICM LEGION and THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY 
A civilian organization of veterans of World Wars I and II. 

^“lisTlndia^ T6leph0ne: LinC ° ln 4353 


Donald G. Glascoff, National Adjutant, 
Mrs. Gwendolyn W. MacDowell,* National 
can Legion Auxiliary 


The American Legion 
Secretary, The Ameri- 


g JRPOwE : 'To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United 

States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and per¬ 
petuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve the 
memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars- to 
inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state 
and nation; to combat the autocracy of both t^e classes and the 
masses: to make right the master of might; to promote peace and 
good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the 
principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and 
sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." 
(Preamble of Constitution) 


ORGANIZATION? The first steps toward founding the American Legion 
were taken at a caucus of members of the A.E.F. in Paris in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1919 , and the Legion was formally organized at the charter 
convention held in Minneapolis the same year. The Legion operates 
under th e direction of elected national officers, the national 
executive committee and other national committees, and the national 
headquarters staff. The state organizations, parallel in pattern 
to the national organization, are called departments, and the 
local organizations are called posts, T^ere are approximately 
12,260 posts. 


The manifold activities of t v e Legion may be briefly indicated 
ty a list of some of its national committees and commissions; 
Americanism, Americanism endowment, cMld welfare, child welfare 
liaison, contests, supervisory, conventions, coordination, post¬ 
war America, education of orphans of veterans, defense, distinguish¬ 
ed guests, emtlems, employment, endov/ment fund, finance, foreign 
relations, graves registration, inter-American good will promo¬ 
tion, labor relations, law and order, publications, legislation, 
marksmanship., national cemeteries survey, overseas graves decora¬ 
tion, pilgrimage, publicity, rehabilitation, medical advisory, 
rehabilitation vocational training advisory, trophies, awards and 
ceremonials, veterans' preference. 






T t ~. a! ERICA?-' LIiGI-.: and THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY -2- 

The Legicn h a s a fun and v onor society called t^e Forty and Slight 
Society after the "40 Viomrr.es — 8 chevaux" French box car of 
borld Aar I, and the Auxiliary a similar society in its La Boti^ue 
des Huit Gheveaux et Quarante Hommes. 

The American Legicn nuxiliaiy, which is composed of the wives, 
daughters, mothers, and sisters of members of the American Legion 
or of deceased veterans, is modelled directly upon t v e American 
Legion and has the same purposes. 

The Legion is financed cy the dues of its members and a $5,000,000 
endowment fund raised by public subscription. Its officers for 
1944-45 are Edward N, Scheiber ling,' commander; John R. Ruddick, 
treasurer; Ralph b. Gregg, judge advocate; Donald G. Glascoff, 
adjutant. 

The officers of the Auxiliary for 1944-45 are Mrs. Charles B. 
Gilbert, president; Mrs. Gwendolyn Tv. Mac Dow ell, secretary; Mrs. 
Cecilia Vvenz, treasurer; Ralph B. Gregg, counsel general. 

T> ART I N E OP ERaT IONS : The Legion works closely with the Viar De¬ 
partment, the Navy Department, t v e Veterans' Administration, the 
Office of Civilian Defense, and the Selective Service Beards. It 
has 26 field secretaries in t v e United States to report on the 
work of the Veterans' Administration by visiting veterans hospitals; 
has one field secretary in England to look out for the welfare 
of American servicemen and veterans there, and contemplates send¬ 
ing more secretaries to the war theaters; sent $5,000 through the 
State Department to Greece for the aid of American veterans locat¬ 
ed there; aids the children of American veterans and French mothers 
living in France; contributed largely to the maintenance of the 
American ambulance corps abroad; and vigorously supported various 
drives in the United States. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; Among the countries or territories in 
which the Legion has posts, or had before the war, are the United 
Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, France, Belgium, Italy, China, the 
Philippines, Guam, Cuba, luerto Rico, Trinidad, Mexico, Guatemala, 
Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Newfoundland, Alaska, Hawaii, 
Midway and Tvake Islands. Others will undoubtedly be established 
after the present war. 

r-e Legion helped to found FIDAC, Allied international organiza¬ 
tion of Y»orld T.ar I veterans, and aided in its support until 1939 
when the American group withdrew. The Legion may cooperate in 
reviving the FIDAC, or somet v ing similar, after the cessation of 
present hostilities. Also, the Legion has contacts with similar 
organizations in other friendly countries. 








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W + +’ ® Le gi°n expects to invite many prominent foreign 

guests to attend its conventions, as it did after the first WorU 

f f BE f HP ! il in t>-e respective organisations is limited 

to veterans of World liars I or II, and to their female relatives. 
Ihe annual dues are determined by each annual convention for the 
ensuing year; for 1945 they are $1.00. The Legion has 1,600,000 
members; the Auxiliary 600,000. 

PUBLICATIONS ? 


T^ e American . Legion Magazine , monthly, subscription cost 
eluded in member’s dues. $1.25 a year. 


in- 


The National Legionnaire , monthly, 
in member's dues. 200 a year. 


subscription cost included 









■AMERICAN MANA1MENT ASSOCIATION 


A professional association whose members are companies or company 
executives, mostly in the field of manufacturing and heavy industry. 

330 West 42nd Street Telephone: Bryant 9-6055 

New York 18, N. Y. 


Alvin E. Dodd, President 

HJEPOSE: To promote interchange of information on management practices, 
and the development of the science of management. 

ORGANIZATION : Originally organized under the name of the Corporation 
Training Schools, the American Management Association has, through the 
years, expanded its sphere of influence to other than personnel fields, 
taking its present corporate name and organization in 1923. 

The AMA is composed of industrial and commercial companies and execu¬ 
tives interested in modern and efficient management methods for their 
own organizations. 

Because its membership includes almost every type of industry, the 
Association makes possible, by conferences, publications, and special 
services, a broad interchange of management information and experiences. 
The AMA makes no profit, does no lobbying, and advances no propaganda. 
Its interests are solely the practical solution of current business 
problems and the development of the science of management. 

The AMA serves its members through seven divisions: office management, 
insurance, personnel, finance and accounts, marketing, production ard 
packaging. 

Executive direction of the Association's affairs is in the hands of the 
president, Alvin E. Dodd, who gives this work his full time. General 
control is vested in a board of directors, composed of leading industri¬ 
al and business executives. 

The principal activities of the AMA center in the division conferences. 
Each division holds one or more annual conference at which problems of 
timely importance in its field are discussed, and at which men out¬ 
standing in their fields are invited to present papers. Recent confer¬ 
ences have dealt directly with wartime business operations. Among these 
were two held in New York in September, 1944, — an industrial relations 
conference and a collective bargaining conference. Another was a 
packaging conference and Exposition which was held in Chicago in March, 
1944. This meeting was very successful in bringing together all the 
forces of business and industry to correlate their efforts in this phase 
of our war mobilization program. 

All papers presented at the division conferences, together with the 
ensuing floor discussions, are published in booklet form. Members are 





AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION -2- 


provided with a directory of all papers published since 1934* classified 
by divisions. Total divisional conference publications number over one 
thousand. 

Practical assistance on specific problems is given to member companies 
by the research and information bureau. Helpful information is obtained 
by a trained research staff from books, articles, confidential files and, 
where permitted, from the experience of other member companies. 

More than 5000 books on management subjects, over 4-00 current business 
publications, as well as extensive pamphlet and clipping files, are con¬ 
tained in the AMA library. This reference literature is constantly kept 
up to date by removing obsolete and superseded material. The Associa¬ 
tion also provides a bibliographical service. Reference lists of 
important articles, books and periodicals are prepared by the research 
and information bureau on hundreds of management subjects. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The AMA is a member of the National Manage- 
ment Council which exists principally to plan International Management 
Congresses. These were previously held about every two years. The last, 
which was attended by representatives of 47 countries, was held in 
Washington, D. C., in 1933. At that time plans were made for holding 
the succeeding meeting in Stockholm in 1942. The meeting had to be post¬ 
poned, but will be held in Stockholm when conditions permit. 

MEMBERSHIP: The Association has a flexible scale of membership dues 
which may be readily adapted to the requirements of companies both large 
and small as well as to individuals and institutions. These rates are 
scaled to the U6e made of the facilities offered and are in no sense 
dependent upon the size, capitalization, or sales volume of the pro¬ 
spective member. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

The Management Review - (monthly) contains digests of articles 
pertinent to management appearing in over 600 publications, and brief 
reviews of current business books of significance, arranged under AMA 
divisional headings. It enables a busy man to survey all current topics 
of interest to him in less than thirty minutes. In addition to these 
reviews and digests, each issue contains current comments by some well- 
known executive. $5 & year. 

Personnel - (bimonthly) publishes articles on employee selection, 
training, compensation, promotion, pensioning, collective bargaining, 
seniority, grievance systems, and the like, prepared especially for it 
by leading authorities. It has acquired a reputation as the outstand¬ 
ing publication in its field. Its "readership 11 cuts across all 
management. Demands for copies come from production superintendents, 
office managers, sales managers, and many other types of executives. 

$5 a year. 








■AMERICAN MANA&MENT ASSOCIATION -J>- 


FOBLICATIONS : (continued) 

Management News - (monthly) presents news of current developments 
in the Held of management and includes a summarized analysis of the 
forecasts of seven of the foremost business services. $1. a year. 








































AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 

A federacy of state and territorial medical associations. 

535 North Dearborn Street Telephone: Superior 0880 

Chicago 10, Ill. 

Olin West, M.D., Secretary and General Manager 
Morris Fishbein, M.D., Editor of Publications 

PURPOSE: "The advancement of medical science, the improvement of 
medical education, and the widest possible extension of a high 
quality of medical care." (Official Statement) 

ORGANI ZATION : The American Medical Association was established in 
1847, and in its organization is patterned after the federal con¬ 
stitution. It is a federacy of its constituent state bodies - 
with the District of Columbia, territories and possessions enjoy¬ 
ing equal status, making a total of 54 constituents. These, in 
turn, are made up of 2000 county or district societies, which are 
judges of their own membership. 

The Association is incorporated not for profit and all funds are 
devoted to promoting its objectives. Its headquarters in Chicago 
occupy an entire building of modern design where normally a 
personnel of more than 600 is employed. 

The work of the Association is largely carried out through its 
councils, bureaus, executive officers and publications. Juris¬ 
diction on all questions of ethics and in the interpretation of 
the laws of the organization comes under the purview of the 
Judicial Council. Tho Council on Medical Education and Hospitals 
concerns itself with entrance requirements, courses, buildings and 
equipment, teachers and teaching methods. It maintains files on 
schools and hospitals and assigns them a rating, and, in con¬ 
junction with the Biographical Department, obtains official informa¬ 
tion in regard to medical students and licensed physicians to serve 
as the basis for its official Biographic Index of Physicians, 
which enables members of the profession to keep tab on the loca¬ 
tion, society affiliations, specialties and other data concerning 
colleagues. The Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry deals with the 
investigation of drugs and medical preparations and their recom¬ 
mendation or disqualification. 

The Council on Scientific Assembly is charged with arranging the 
programs of the general meetings of the Assembly, securing coopera¬ 
tion among the sections, passing on questions of policy in relation 
to scientific work, and investigating and reporting on scientific 
questions. The Council on Physical Medicine, formerly the Council 






AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION -2- 

on Physical Therapy, is concerned with the gathering and dissemina¬ 
tion of information that will be helpful to the medical profession 
and with investigations pertaining to physical therapy apparatus 
and devices of various kinds that are used in the field of physical 
medicine. 

The Council on Foods and Nutrition evaluates nutrition claims for 
food products. The Council on Industrial Health develops information 
in the field of industrial medicine, fosters research, and attempts 
to stimulate the provisions of training in the special field with 
which it is concerned and to devise methods of protecting the health 
of industrial workers. 

The Bureau of Investigation is a clearing house of information on 
patent and proprietary medicines, all forms of quackery, medical 
fads and fakes. By service to the public through physicians, and 
by direct service to the public including the answering of some 
20,000 questions annually by correspondence, the Bureau of Health 
Education seeks to promote the general health. The Bureau of Legal 
Medicine and Legislation keeps in touch with court decisions, legis¬ 
lation and other matters of medico-legal significance. The Bureau 
of Exhibits promotes graduate medical education for physicians and 
disseminates health education information to the public. The Bureau 
of Medical Economics studies all phases of general economics which 
have a bearing upon the practice of medicine. 

The Association maintains a reference library in which more than 1000 
domestic and foreign medical Journals are received, many of which 
are abstracted and indexed; and a chemical laboratory, which con¬ 
fines itself mostly to the investigation of new remedies. 

The platform of the Association adopted in 1944 included the princi¬ 
ples of the utmost utilization of qualified medical and hospital 
facilities in the extension of medical services to all people; the 
continued development of the private practice of medicine, subject 
to such changes as may be necessary to maintain the quality of 
medical services and to increase their availability, including the 
development and extension of voluntary hospital insurance and volun¬ 
tary medical insurance; and the principle that the care of the 
public health and the provision of medical service to the sick is 
primarily a local responsibility. 

The Association is financed chiefly by fellowship dues and sales of 
publications. Its policies are determined by the House of Dele¬ 
gates, which is composed of delegates elected by the constituent 
associations. The principal officers are president, Herman L. 
Kretschmer, Chicago; president-elect, Roger I. Lee, Boston; secretary 
and general manager, Olin West, Chicago; treasurer, J. J. Moore, 
Chicago; editor of publications, Morris Fishbein, Chicago; business 
manager, Will C. Braun, Chicago. 



AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 


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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Association exchanges some of its 
publications with foreign countries, and cooperates with the Office 
of War Information in preparing medical booklets for overseas dis¬ 
tribution. It also has plans for an independent program of publish¬ 
ing works in various foreign languages. It seeks to make openings 
in the United States for medical students and internes from other 
countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association publishes War Medicine and 
cooperates with many government agencies. A special committee on 
postwar planning is developing plans for physicians returning from 
the war. Efforts are made to assist medical veterans in finding 
new locations and to provide medical personnel for areas now lacking 
it. The Association has cooperated as fully as possible with the 
Procuranent and Assignment Service for Physicians, Dentists and 
Veterinarians, an official agency of the Federal government. 

About 60,000 members of the Association are now serving with the 
armed forces. 

MEMBERSHIP : The membership of the American Medical Association is 
that of its component associations, more than 125,000 as of April 1, 
1945. These members do not pay any dues to the national Association, 
nor do the constituent associations. 

Participation in the scientific work of the Association is made 
dependent upon qualification as a fellow. Applications for fellow¬ 
ship are subject to the approval of the judicial council. Those 
acc.pted pay annual dues of $1 and must subscribe to the Journal . 
There are at present about 65,000 fellows. 

1 UBLI CATIONS : 

Journal of the American Medical Association . Weekly. $8 a year, 
Hvgeia . A monthly lay health journal. $2.50 a year. 

American Medical Directory . A list of physicians. Biannual. $18. 
Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus . $12 a year. 

Archives of Internal Medicine . $5 a year. 

American Journal of Diseases of Children . $8 a year. 

Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry . $8 a year. 

Archives of Derma to log-/ and Syrhilology . $8 a year 
Archives of Surgery . $8 a year. 

Archives of 0talaryngology . $6 a year. 

Archives of Pathology . $6 a year. 

Archives of Ophthalmology . $8 a year. 

War Medicine . $5 a year. 

Also numerous books and circulars, among which are: 

Fundamentals of Anesthesia . 2nd. ed. 1944. $2.50 
The Pharmacopeia and the Physician . 2nd, series. 1943. $1.50 
Medical Writing: The Technic and the Art . By Morris Fishbein. 
1938. $1.50 

Primer on Fractures . 5th ed. 1943. $1. 

























AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION -4- 

Medical Writing: The Technic and the Art . By Morris Fishbein. 
1938. $1.50 

Primer on Fractures . 5th ed. 1943. $1. 

•i.M.A. Interns 1 Manual . 1943. $.60. 

New and Nonofficial Remedies . Annual. $1.50 
Useful Drugs . 13th ed. 1942. $.75. 

Epitome of the U.S. Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary . 

7th ed. 1943. $.60. 

Glandular Physiology and Therapy . 2nd. ed. 1942. $2.50 
Handbook of Nutrition . 1943. $2.50. 

Handbook of Physical Medicine . 1945. $2. 

Organized Payments for Medical Services . Revised ed. $.50. 
Medical Service Clans . $.50. 














AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION 


A federation of state leagues of municipalities. 


1313 East 60 th Street 
Chicago 37, Illinois 


Telephone: Fairfax 3400 


Earl D. Mallery, Ebcecutive Director 


PURPOSE : "To assist member leagues in their work of serving and 
representing their member municipalities." 


^ ATICN ?^ e Municipal Association, which was founded 

in 1924, is the national federation of state leagues of municipalities. 
Leagues of municipalities are organized in 39 states, the membership 
of the leagues consisting of 8,918 cities and towns. 

The Association carries on a wide variety of activities designed to 
assist member leagues in their work of serving and representing their 
me ™ b ® r _ ^^ C1 f' ali ^ ies ; prepares research and informational reports 

and bulletins; maintains a comprehensive municipal information service* 
and provides a consulting service on special phases of municipal govern¬ 
ment. It keeps members informed of federal legislation affecting 
municipal government and represents the interests of municipalities 
nationally, paralleling the activities of the state leagues which 
represent the municipalities before t^e state governments. 


It holds an annual conference of league officers and public officials, 
assists leagues wit* their annual and other meetings, fosters coopera¬ 
tion between the leagues on municipal problems of common concern, and 
aids in the development of leagues of municipalities. In cob]era- 
ticn with t*e state leagues, it maintains a field advisory service to 
municipalities through field representatives. 


The officers are Ml son ft. ftyatt, president; R. E. Riley, vice-presi¬ 
dent; Earl D. I.allery, executive director. 


INTERNATIONAL AC.IVITIES : The Association is the American member of 
the International Union of Local Authorities. Its office serves as 
the secretariat for t*e American Committee for t*e Union, which Com- 
ittee is the representative in t*e United States of t*e Inter-Ameri¬ 
can Congress of Municipalities. It works closely with similar organiza¬ 
tions in various countries and participates in numerous international 
congresses and meetings. 


> EDUCATIONS: 


Y.asMngton News Letter . Published semi-monthly when Congress is 
in session; otherwise monthly. &£Y00 a year. 

.Municipal Legislation . An annual review. $1.00 a year. 

Municipal Government and t*e ftar . 1942. $1.00. 










AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION 


Motorized Police Patrol . 1940. 50* 

City Purchasing Methods . 1940. 50* 

Representative Administrative Organization Charts of Cities 

1934. 50* 


The above titles are only samples of an extensive list 






AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION 


A national, nonprofit, membership organization in the field 
of occupational therapy. 

175 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Algonquin 4-2452 

New York 10, N. Y. 

Mrs. Meta R. Cobb, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : To promote the use of occupational therapy, advance 
the standards of education and training in this field, pro¬ 
mote research, and engage in other activities advantageous 
to the profession and its members. 

ORGANIZATION : Occupational therapy work in the United States, 
which was started under the direction of the Surgeon General 
of the U. S. Army at the time of the first World War, led to 
the organization of the American Occupational Therapy Assoc¬ 
iation. The Association is composed of 22 affiliated region¬ 
al and state associations which send representatives to a 
house of delegates where occupational therapy problems are 
discussed and recommendations are made to the board of manage¬ 
ment of the national Association. Representatives are also 
sent to the Association’s annual convention. 

The organization has standing committees on scientific study 
and research, education, registration of therapists, publica¬ 
tions and exhibits. The Association has a membership of 1,900, 
including 1,500 registered therapists, and is supported by mem¬ 
berships and donations. 

Officers include: president, Everett S. Elwood, executive sec¬ 
retary of the National Board of Medical Examiners; vice-pres¬ 
ident, Marjorie Taylor, director of the Curative Workshop, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; vice-president, Helen S. Willard, direc¬ 
tor of the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy; edi¬ 
tor of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, Dr. William 
R. Dunton, associate editor, American Journal of Psychiatry ; 
treasurer, Holland Hudson, secretary and treasurer. National 
Council on Rehabilitation; and executive secretary, Meta R. 
Cobb. 

The Association's principal government relationships are with 
the Amy and Navy and with Veterans Facility Hospitals where 
occupational therapy is being carried on. A classification 
has been established for occupational therapists under the 
medical branch of the Civil Service Commission. 0T technicians 














AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION -2- 


serve the Array as civilians; in the Navy, they may be commissioned 
as WAVES. 

The Association works with the American Medical Association, which 
sets occupational therapy training standards and approves the 
schools, now numbering about 22, including one school in Canada, 
where this training is given. It also works with the National 
Council on Rehabilitation, National Tuberculosis Association, Na¬ 
tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, American Association for 
Physical Theraoy, and other organizations. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The foreign contacts of the Association 
are maintained primarily for the purpose of the exchange of ideas. 
It keeps in close touch with the Association of Occupational Ther¬ 
apists, London, England; Occupational Therapy Association of Haw¬ 
aii, Honolulu; and with a local association in Canada, centered at 
the University of Toronto. The Association also has about 12 for¬ 
eign memberships, mainly in England, Australia and Venezuela. As 
a rule, it does not exchange periodicals. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

Associate: $3 

Student (for students taking occupational therapy course): $4 
Associate Subscriber: $6 
Active: $6 

Sustaining: |10 and upward 
PUBLICATIONS : 

Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation - bimonthly - single 
numbers, fl; $5 per volune (subscription is included in most class¬ 
es of membership). 

Newsletter - quarterly, free (sent to members and other names 
on mailing list). 


The Association also publishes books, monographs and pamphlets, and 
it ha8 films and slides for the use of schools, hospitals and groups 
interested in occupational therapy work. 














AMERICAN PET FEDERAT ION 

American constituent of an international educational organization 
devoted to helping the Jew to become an integral part of the economic 
and social structure of his community. 

212 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Ashland 4-7452 

New York 10, N. Y. 


George Backer, President 
Philip Block, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: To create a new occupational existence for refugees and the 
masses of European Jews through trade schools, farm colonies and in¬ 
dustrial workshops. 

ORGANIZATION: The OET movement began in Russia in 18S0, the name de- 
riving from Russian words roughly equivalent to Organization for 
Rehabilitation through Training. The movement is now international in 
scope and operates under the name of the World ORT Union, with head¬ 
quarters, since early in the European war, in New York. 

The American ORT Federation, founded in 1923 as an autonomous constit¬ 
uent of the World ORT Union, functions as the national fund-raising and 
educational agency of the ORT movement in the United States. Its organi¬ 
zation follows the pattern set by the international body. 

It is constituted by a dues-paying membership and headed by a policy¬ 
making national executive committee. Aboard of directors, elected by 
the national executive committee, manages the organization, which has 
a paid staff, an advisory committee and committees on labor and finance. 
Its funds in the United States are raised through Jewish Federations 
and Welfare Funds throughout the United States and through independent 
campaigns. 

The Labor Committee, formed in 1938 to conduct campaigns and carry on 
propaganda work for ORT among trade unions of New York City, has 
arranged concerts and other benefit occasions and obtained distinguished 
sponsors through CIO and AFL cooperation. Such large unions and labor 
fraternal organizations as the International Ladies Garment Workers 
Union, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, United Hatters, Cap and 
Millinery Workers International Union, Workmen's Circle and the Jewish 
National Workers Alliance support and participate in activities of the 
labor committee. 

Senators Robert F. Wagner and James M. Mead of New York head a com¬ 
mittee of Congressmen formed by the Federation in 1935 to endorse and 
further OET fund-raising campaigns. 

The Federation is affiliated with the American Council of Voluntary 
Agencies for Foreign Service and works closely with the National Refugee 
Service and with the Jewish Occupational Council. 





AMERICAN ORT FEDERATION -2- 


Organizationally somewhat apart from the American ORT Federation, but 
related to it, are three American ORT organizations: ORT Council of 
Organizations, Women's American ORT, and Young Men's and Women's Di¬ 
vision of the American ORT. European Friends of ORT, which established 
the ORT Trade School in New York City, and helped to found the American 
ORT, is another organization related to the American ORT Federation. 

The Council, established in 19^1 for the purpose of conducting an educa¬ 
tional and financial campaign among Jewish communities in the United 
States, maintains close and friendly relations among 19 central Jewish 
organizations: American Federation of Lithuanian Jews, American Federa¬ 
tion for Polish Jews, Association of Hungarian Jews in America, B'nai 
B'rith, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Free Sons of Israel, 
Independent Order of Brith Sholem, Order of the Sons of Zion, Rabbini¬ 
cal Assembly of America, Rabbinical Council of America,Synagogue Coun¬ 
cil of America, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Union of 
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, United Bessarabian Jews of 
America, Jewish National Workers' National Council of Young Israel, 
United Synagogue of America, and Workmen's Circle. 

Women's American ORT, an autonomous but constituent body of the Ameri¬ 
can ORT Federation, was founded in 1927 and has over 50 chapters now 
scattered throughout the United States and Canada. Besides partici¬ 
pating in the fund-raising activities of the Federation, it carries on 
through its local chapters and regional groups a constant social and 
educational program. 

The former Junior American ORT, now known as Young Men's and Women's 
Division, was established in New Yoik in 193^ for the purpose of spread¬ 
ing information about the ORT program, raising funds for ORT schools 
all over the world and interesting young men and women in the broad 
problems of modern Jewish life, with particular emphasis on economic 
rehabilitation of Jews all over the world. The idea spread and Junior 
ORT groups were organized all over the country, notably in Chicago, 
Washington, Philadelphia, Newark and in the boroughs of New York City. 

With money raised by the Federation in its role of central fund¬ 
raising ORT group in the United States, all of these organizations are 
working to promote in this country the original aims of the ORT move¬ 
ment: to improve the technical skills of Jewish farmers and artisans; 
to introduce new crafts offering better opportunities for earning a 
living; to provide credit facilities for farmers and artisans for the 
purchase of machinery, tools and seeds; to establish cooperatives for 
the marketing of finished products; to engage in research regarding 
economic conditions of the Jews. 

The devices ORT uses to train workers for industry are trade schools, 
adult courses, "perfectioning" courses for unskilled workers, pro¬ 
duction workshops and cash loans; for agricultural workers there are 
farming courses, agricultural colonies, vegetable gardening, and credit 
and financial advisory services. 



-AMERICAN ORT FEDERATION 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS: The World. ORT Union, at present, has head¬ 
quarters in New York City and functions as an emergency corunittee. 
Operational arm of the Emergency Committee is the group known as 
European Friends of ORT, made up of a number of refugees who were 
active in the ORT work abroad. It was this group which established the 
ORT Trade School in New York City and helped to found the American ORT 
Federation. 

The American ORT movement has connections with ORT activities in Latin 
America, France, Hungary, Canada, Switzerland, North and South Africa, 
Yugoslavia, Poland and China. 

WARTIME AND POSTWAR OPERATIONS : The Federation has organized courses 
on reconstruction work in Europe at Columbia University, where young 
American men and women are being trained as administrative personnel to 
be engaged in Jewish economic reconstruction after the war. Problems 
of agricultural work, cooperative movements, social work and community 
organization are part of the curriculum. 

The Federation has also established a special committee for the purpose 
of collecting various types of machines, tools and equipment, which will 
be prepared for shipment to Europe after ORT's training centers are es¬ 
tablished there. 

The organization has worked out its postwar plans in collaboration with 
UNRRA, whose director general, Herbert H. Lehman, is one of the two men 
on the Federation's advisory committee. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

Junior ORT - $3 a year 
Women's ORT - $5 a year 

Men's membership (American ORT Federation) - $5 or $10 a year; 
sustaining members contributing above the regular fee according to 
their means. 

PUBLICATION S: 

ORT Economic Review , published quarterly; a copy, $2 a year. 

The Federation distributes occasional reports, pamphlets, and display 
material. 










AMERICAN ORTHOPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 


An interprofessional association to advance the study and treatment of 
behavior and personality. 

Room 91b, 1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-bl37 

New York 19, N. Y. 


Norvelle C. LaMar, M.D., President 

PURPOSE: "To unite and provide a common meeting ground for those en¬ 
gaged in the study and treatment of problems of human behavior”, and 
"to foster research and spread information concerning scientific work 
in the field of human behavior, including all forms of abnormal be¬ 
havior." (From Constitution ) 

ORGANIZATION: The Association was established in 1924. Membership is 
interprofessional, consisting of about $00 psychiatrists, psychologists, 
and psychiatric social workers who have had three years clinical ex¬ 
perience dealing with behavior problems and personality disorders, and 
certain other persons elected for their distinctive contributions to 
the advancement of orthopsychiatry. Annual meetings commonly feature 
an interprofessional symposium on some specific topic, later piblished 
in the Journal, the official publication of the Association which is 
sent to all members. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Association has a few foreign members, 
and its Journal goes to many foreign subscribers. Recently there has 
been a notable increase in Latin American subscriptions, and the AOA 
has sent out 50 copies through the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 
Several sets are being held for war-interrupted subscriptions. 

MEMBERSH IP: 

Members: $b a year. 

Fellows: $10 a year. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry; Lawson G. Lowrey, M.D., 
editor," "25" West 54tTT3treet, New "York 19; $b a year domestic; 

$b .50 foreign. 

Research Monograph Series: 

Introduction to the Rorschach Method , by S.J. Beck (out of print) 

Studies in Sibling Rivalry, by David M. Levy, M.D.; paper $1, 
cloth $ 1 . 25 . 














AMERICAN OBTHOPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. -2- 


HJBLICATIONS : (continued) 

A Visual Motor Gestalt Test and its Clinical Use, by Lauretta Bender, 
Doll Play of Pilaga Indian Children , by Jules and Zunia Heniy; $ 3 . 


Also special reprints of groups of papers on particular subjects. 






AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 


A society devoted to the study of government and contemporary public 

Northwestern University Telephone: University 1900 

Evanston, Illinois 

Kenneth Colegrove, Secretary-Treasurer 

PURPOSE: "To encourage the study of political science, including 
political theory, government and politics, public law, public adminis¬ 
tration, and international relations. The Association as such will 
not assume a partisan position upon any question of practical poli¬ 
tics, nor commit its members to any position thereupon." 

(From Article 2 of its Constitution) 

ORGANIZATIONt The American Political Science Association, organized 
in 1903, is a society of men and women interested in the investiga¬ 
tion and discussion of governmental affairs and public opinion. The 
Association has no platform or program; it is the organ of no party, 
group, or institution. Persons of widely differing views are numbered 
in its membership. 

Its most important activities are carried out through its committees 
on American legislatures, on a library of political thought, on 
national citizenship education, on professional opportunities for 
political scientists, on research, on social studies, and on undergradu¬ 
ate instruction. The Committee on Citizenship Education acts in an 
advisory capacity to several agencies, notably the Federal Immigration 
and Naturalization Service. 

The Association maintains a personnel service whereby the records 
of academic achievement and experience of members are furnished to 
the administrative officers of colleges and universities, to govern¬ 
ment officials, to research bureaus, to civic organizations, and to 
other officials who desire such information when making appointments. 

The Association holds annual meetings which are rotated among some 
of the principal centers of the country. At these meetings three 
days are devoted to round-tables and addresses on governmental sub¬ 
jects. All members are entitled to participate in these discussions 
along with the leading experts in the various branches of the subjects. 
Among the subjects are judicial review, administration of new govern¬ 
mental activities, training for the public service, the press and 
public affairs, reorganization of county government, civil-military 
relations in a democracy, the organization of peace, government and 
business, constitutional reform, the government and social security, 





AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION -2- 


foreign policy, the city manager plan, teaching problems in politi¬ 
cal science, and many others. The Association also promotes regional 
conferences for the purpose of securing an interchange of opinions 
by political scientists, government officials, the newspaper pro¬ 
fession, and other public-spirited citizens. It assists in the publi¬ 
cation of research studies and investigations. 

The Association is financed by membership dues and by individual con¬ 
tributions to the endowment fund. Its officers are John M. Gaus of 
the University of Wisconsin, president; Robert T. Crane of the Social 
Science Research Council, first vice-president; Frederic A. Ogg of 
the University of Wisconsin, managing editor; Kenneth Colegrove of 
Northwestern University, secretary-treasurer. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Association has many foreign members, 
and many of the articles in its Review and much of the time at its 
meetings are devoted to the study of foreign governments and poli¬ 
tics and international affairs. The Association has maintained a 
stockpile of its publications since 1939 for subscriptions inter¬ 
rupted by the war. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is open to persons who have an interest in 
promoting the study of government and in the dispassionate discussion 
of public affairs. Annual members pay dues of $5.00 a year; sus¬ 
taining members, $10.00 a year; and life members make a single pay¬ 
ment of $100.00 and are exempt from payment of annual dues. All mem¬ 
bers possess the right to vote. There are now approximately 3,300 
members. 

PUBLICATIONS : American Political Science Review . Bimonthly. Offers 
a comprehensive review of government, politics, law, international 
relations and jurisprudence. Each issue contains two or three leading 
articles of permanent significance, several shorter articles, 50 to 
60 pages of discriminating book reviews, and a classified and extensive 
bibliography; also a section devoted to government documents. 








THE AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION 


"Duly qualified medium for the registration of the opinions of 
prison administrators in the United States." (From a statement 
by the organization). 

135 East 15 th Street Telenhone: Algonquin 4-9718 

New York 3 , N. Y. 

Edward R. Cass, General Secretary 

PURPOSE: Cl) To improve the laws in relation to public offenses 
and offenders, and the modes of procedure by which such laws are 
enforced. 

(2) To study the causes of crime, the nature of offenders and 
their social surroundings, the best methods of dealing with 
offenders and of preventing crime. 

( 3 ) To improve the penal, correctional and reformatory institu¬ 
tions throughout the country, and the government, management and 
discipline thereof, including the appointment of boards of trustees 
and other officers. 

(4) To care for and provide suitable and remunerative employment 
for paroled and discharged prisoners and probationers, and es¬ 
pecially such as may have given evidence of reformation. 

ORGANIZATION: The APA was f'ounied in I 87 O and incorporated in 
1871 Crider The laws of the State of New York. Its first president 
was Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the USA. 

The organization owes its origin to the Prison Association of New 
York (founded in 1844 and incorporated in 1846) .largely through 
the efforts of Enoch C. Wines, who was mainly responsible also for 
the founding of the international organization now known as the 
International Penal and Penitentiary Commission. (He bad secured 
the attendance in London in 1872 of representatives of 2b govern¬ 
ments at an International Penitentiary Congress, which shortly 
afterward became the International Penal and Penitentiary Com¬ 
mission.) 

The APA operates under the guidance of officers, an executive 
committee, a board of directors, and a small paid staff. It is 
housed in a building owned and since 1887 occupied by the Prison 
Association of New Yoric. Combined staff of the two organizations 
numbers 15 persons. 





THE AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION -2- 


APA membership totals about 1,200 individuals, most of whom are 
officially connected with the correctional systems of their 
respective states. Membership includes judges, wardens, physi¬ 
cians, parole oiticers, social workers and others. 

The APA is financed mainly by memberships and by income from in¬ 
vestments. 

The American Prison Association has nine affiliated bodies: the 
Wardens' Association, National Chaplains' Association, National 
Prisoners' Aid Association, National Conference of Juvenile Agen¬ 
cies, American Parole Association, National Probation Association, 
National Jail Association, Medical Correctional Association, and 
Penal Industries Association. 

With these affiliates, the APA holds an Annual Congress of Cor¬ 
rection, which is a forum for discussion of all problems relating 
to delinquency, crime and abnormal behavior. This meeting is the 
largest annual gathering of its kind in this country, with the 
exception of the annual meetings of the National Conference of 
Social Work, which does not deal solely with delinquency. Ail 
meetings during the Annual Congress of Correction are open to the 
public. 

The Association maintains a free clearing house which is prepared 
to furnish advice and information on prison, reformatory, work- 
house and jail administration, construction of penal and correc¬ 
tional buildings, and in general on the treatment of the offender 
both inside and outside of institutions. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: As previously stated, the APA is a mem- 
ber of the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission, which 
is composed mainly of prison and other officials of about 58 
governments and which sponsors, in normal times, an international 
gathering every five years. The APA is officially represented, 
usually by its general secretary, at each of these meetings, the 
last of which was held in Berlin in 1935. 

The general secretary' of the APA served as a special representa¬ 
tive of the Secretary of State at an international meeting in 
Florence, Italy, in 1938* preliminary to the quinquennial meeting 
of the Congress that was to have been held in Rome in 1940. 

(The federal government contributes about $3,500 annually to the 
IPPC.) 

The APA's link with Canadian correctional activities is official, 
specified by APA bylaws, and a Canadian corrections official 
serves as a member of the APA's board of directors. 




THE AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION -3- 


The Association's contacts abroad have been with member organiza¬ 
tions ol the IPPC and with individuals, oiten officials connected 
with departments of justice, its best points of contact. 

It has maintained contacts with the Howard League in England, an 
unofficial organization comparable to the APA. 

The Association carries on a considerable correspondence with 
corrections officials in other countries. Many inquiries from 
abroad come to the APA via the State Department and the Office of 
the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 

The APA exchanges publications with groups and individuals in 
England, especially, and in a few other countries. It has about 
20 foreign exchanges, but this is no indication of the extent of 
APA's foreign contacts, which in peacetime are very numerous. 

The Association has played host to many foreign visitors, 
planning their schedules and arranging itineraries. 

WAR AND POSTWAR OPERATIONS: The APA plans to urge, as soon as the 
war ends, a renewal of iFPC, which is not now functioning. 

It is urging the states to plan for the postwar period and itself 
has a Committee on Postwar Planning, the responsibility of which, 
according to its chairman, is "to concern ourselves not merely 
with buildings, but with the programs for which they are to serve 
as implements and the personnel without which buildings are piles 
of brick and programs are waste paper." 

The Association has had a long peacetime relationship with the 
U.S. Bureau of Prisons and during the war has worked also with 
the Army, Navy, Selective Service System, War Production Board, 
and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 

The APA is stockpiling back numbers of its publications for ship¬ 
ment abroad to former contacts. 

MEMBERSHIP: Is not restricted to the USA. APA has members in 
Puerto Rico, F^waii, Cuba, Netherlands, West Indies, Panama, Costa 
Rica, Peru and England. 

The classes ol memberships are: 

1. Associate membership — $2.00 

2. Full membership — $5*00 

3. Ten dollar membership 

4. Service or agency membership — $25.00 

5 . Life membership — $100.00 





THE AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION -4- 


A subscription to the Association's official publication, The 
Prison World , is included in all memberships. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Prison World — official publication of the 
American Prison Association and the National Jail Association; 
bimonthly; $2.00 per year. 

Proceedings of the American Prison Association — a large bound 
volume containing proceedings of the Annual Congress of Correc¬ 
tion; annual; $3.00 per year. 

Directory of State and National Correctional Institutions of the 
United SPaTes and Canada — compiled annually; distributed - Tree 
to members, libraries and correctional officials; charge of $1.00 
to commercial firms. 



















MERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION 


Private professional society of public health workers of North 
America. 

Room 1004, 1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5 - 8 OOO 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Reginald M. Atwater, M.D., Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : To protect and promote public health; to promote the in¬ 
terests of its members; to establish professional standards, and 
to publish a professional journal and manuals. 

ORGANIZATION: Established in I8f2 t the Anerican Public Health 
Association is the professional society of public health workers 
of North America. About 25 state and regional associations, al¬ 
though completely autonomous, are affiliated with the national 
body. 

The association operates under the guidance of its Governing 
Council, consisting of the officers, executive board, elective 
councilors, section officers and representatives of affiliated 
societies and branches. The organization has sections on health 
officers, laboratory, vital statistics, engineering, industrial 
hygiene, food and nutrition, maternal and child health, public 
health education, public health nursing, epidemiology, school 
health, and dental health. 

Over 9,000 members and fellows comprise the association, which is 
a member of the National Health Council, a loosely-knit grouping 
of public health agencies in the United States. The APHA main¬ 
tains a direct liaison with the United States Public Health 
Service, Children's Bureau of the United States Department of 
Labor, Office of Indian Affairs, Army and Navy. 

The organization holds an annual meeting. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Mexico, Cuba and the Dominion of 
rtrn nrta formally become identified with the association, 

which has informal contacts with hundreds of overseas members 
and fellows, especially in Europe and Latin America. 

The association maintains close relationships with the Health 
organization of the League of Nations with respect to epidemic 
disease, nutrition and housing. It cooperates in the periodic 
revisions of the international list of the causes of death. In 






AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION -2- 


cooperation with the British Ministry of Health, it is currently 
publishing an olficial report on the control of communicable 
diseases, which is official with the USPHS and may be adopted as 
official by China, the Dominion of Canada and other countries. 

This report is about to be translated into Spanish, Portuguese, 
French, Italian, Arabic and Chinese. 

The APHA has established liaison with such groups as the Royal 
Sanitary Institute, the Society of Medical Officers of Health and 
with other agencies of a similar nature in other countries and with 
health officials generally. The association maintains an Informa¬ 
tion Service which welcomes questions from any source. 

Frequently the Journal of the APHA publishes papers by foreign con¬ 
tributors. In the last two years the number of visitors from 
other countries approached 3^0« 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The association stands reedy, as need arises, 
to cooperate with OWI. It currently expects to provide several 
reports for translation into various languages. 

MEMBERSHIP: Persons engaged or interested in public health work 
are eligible to apply for membership. Fee is $5*00 per year. 

Persons professionally established may apply under certain condi¬ 
tions for fellowship. Fee is $10.00 per year. Detailed informa¬ 
tion on fellowship is available from the association. 

The Association welcomes the participation by persons from other 
countries in its annual meetings. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage . 

(8th ed.) (1936) $ 2.50 (l9^5 revision to be published) 

fepa dard Met fa d % . & r _ t h e ,gx?n}.l^ igji,, gf Dairy, Products. 

(8th ed.) (1941) $3.00 (1945 revision to be published) 
Diagnostic Procedures and Reagents. Technics for the 
Laboratoiy Diagnosis and Control of Communicable Diseases. 

(2d ed. in preparation.) 

Budd 1 8 Typhoid Fever . (1931) $5*00 

Transactions of the Seventh Institute on Public Health 

Education (1940) 

Transactions of the Eighth Institute on Public Health 

Education (194l) 

Transactions of the Ninth Institute on Public Health 

Education. (1942) Ea. $1.00 

Annual Year Books . 1930-1931 to 1940-1941. Each $1.00 
Twelfth Annual Year Book , 1941-1942. $1.50 



















AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION -3- 


Basic Principles of Healthful Hou sing. (1939) $.25 
Housing for Health U941) 

Swimming Pools and Other Bathin g Places, Recommended 
Practice for Design. Eauippent and Operation of . (19^2) 

$.50 

Community Organization for Health Education (1941) $.09 
The Control of Communicable Diseases. (1943) $.35 
Occupational Lead Exposures and Lead Poisoning / (19^3) $0.75 
Methods ior Determining Lead in Air and inTTologi cal Materi- 

jasJiW to.lb -- 

Bacteriological Examination of Shellfish end Shellfish Waters, 

Recommended Methods $.25 

Reprints of outstanding articles and reports from the 
American Journal of Public Health are available at small 
cost. Price list sent on request. 

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - The Official Journal of 
the Public Health profession. (Subscription price: $5.00 
per year - $6.00 outside the American continents) 



































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AMERICAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSor,TATTn N 

A national association of individuals and agencies engaged in local, 
state, and federal public welfare programs. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago, Illinois 

Howard L. Russell, Director 

PURPOSE: "The Association assists in the development and mainten¬ 
ance of sound principles and effective administration of public 
welfare services} provides technical, consultant, and advisory ser¬ 
vices to legislative and administrative authorities and to public 
welfare officials} acts as a clearing house for the exchange of 
thought and experience in the public welfare field} promotes the 
closer coordination of welfare activities} promotes the develop¬ 
ment of methods of training looking toward the recognition and im¬ 
provement of the professional standing of personnel in the public 
field." (From pamphlet, Thirteen-Th lrteen East 60th Street ) 

ORGANIZATION: The Association, established in 1930 by a group of 
public welfare officials, is open to all engaged in public welfare 
and to others interested in keeping informed about the field. 

Through its program of periodic publications, national committees 
and conferences, field activities and various other services, the 
Association maintains a continuing relationship with federal, state 
and local welfare officials and agencies, with other national wel¬ 
fare agencies and groups, and with the leading national organiza¬ 
tions and foundations concerned with other phases of government. 

Members of the Association who are administrators of state or local 
welfare programs are eligible for membership in the state or local 
councils which operate as sections of the Association. These coun¬ 
cils refer all actions to the Executive Committee of the Association. 

Officers, the executive committee and one-third of its board of direc¬ 
tors are elected each year at the official meeting of the members 
of the Association. At that time, also, standing committees are 
appointed for the year. The Committees generally cover such fields 
as medical care, interstate problems, personnel, in-training-ser- 
vice, statistics, housing and child welfare. These committees per¬ 
mit the work of the Association to proceed according to a program 
planned to actuate its purposes. 

The Directors maintain close contact with federal welfare and relief 
programs and have been requested on occasion to act as special ad¬ 
visors to federal officials. The relationship of the staff mem¬ 
bers to public welfare developments in various sections of the coun- 






AMERTflAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION -2- 


try involves their participation in several activities, including 
answering inquiries, making surveys, planning organization and ad¬ 
ministration, assisting in securing personnel? and attending and 
contributing to regional and state conferences. 

Every year the Association holds regional meetings which provide 
opportunity for informal discussions of the problems confronting 
administrators and supervisors of public welfare activities. The 
exchange of experiences which these discussions provide tends to 
create a common understanding of and approach to administrative 
problems. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Association would like to encourage 
the exchange between the United States and other countries, of 
people working in public administration. It is also interested in 
the early revival of the International Conference of Social Work. 

Several of the directors of the APWA have made trips to Europe to 
study conditions of particular interest to those in the field of 
public administration, and many visiting Europeans have addressed 
APWA groups here. The Association has found these contacts valu¬ 
able in promoting greater understanding of common problems. Some 
200 American welfare leaders, members of the APWA, have gone to 
Europe as staff members of UNRRA. The Association has helped visit¬ 
ing foreign welfare experts to choose and observe the significant 
centers of public welfare work in America. 

In cooperation with the Public Administration Clearing House, APWA 
has reserved back numbers of Public Welfare for its members abroad 
and for others to whom delivery during the war has been impossible. 

MEMBERSHIP : Both individuals and agencies may become members of 
the APWA. 

Individual memberships are $3,00 for the first year, and $5.00 (of 
which $4*00 is for a subscription to Public Welfare ), for each 
year thereafter. In addition to participating in the regular APWA 
conferences, all members receive the publications of the Association 
and have privileges which include loan library facilities, research 
memoranda and inquiry services. Active memberships including a 
vote in the Association, are open to peonle engaged in public wel¬ 
fare administration; Associate memberships, open to those who are 
interested in the field but not serving in a public agency, include 
all services and privileges except a vote in the Association. 

Agency memberships are likewise divided into two main categories. 







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Active agency memberships are available to any state or local pub- 
lie welfare agencies and entitle each such agency to receive all 
publications, to have one vote in the Association, and to enjoy lib¬ 
rary services, field visits, consultations, and clearing house 
facilities. Different rates are applicable to state and local agen¬ 
cies as follows : 

1) Local public welfare agencies are eligible for Agency mem¬ 
bership for a fee of from $15 to $100 per year. The fee is determined 
by the population in the area served by the agency* 

2) State public welfare agencies are eligible for agency mem¬ 
bership for a fee of from $25 to $100 per year. The fee is determined 
according to the rank of the state on a combined population-income 
basis. 

Associate Agency memberships for which the fee is $25 per year, are 
available to organizations not eligible for Active Agency memberships, 
i.e. libraries> universities, private agencies, etc. Associate agen¬ 
cy members receive publication and library services, but the field 
visit and voting privileges are not extended to the Associate group. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Public Welfare , monthly journal, included in membership, $5 
per year for non-members. 

The Public Welfare Directory . 1944. $1.50 

Child Care Centers, by John 0. Louis. 1943 7pp. 10* 

The Basis for Adequate Standards of Assistance and Budgetary 

Principles and Problems in Mutual Assistance Programs, by B. F. 

Diamond and Sue E. Sadow, 1943, 19pp. 50* 

Army Emergency Relief — What it is—What it does — Whom it serves 
by Captain C. K. Horwitz. 1943, 8 pp. 15* 

The Personnel Situation j n Public Welfare Agencies , a report 
of the APWA Personnel Committee. 1943, 8 pp. 15* 

Adequate Staff Brings Economy , published by APWA. 1939, 45pp. 25<* 

A Public Welfare Distric t Office: Its Functions and Organization 

by Eve Abramson. 1939. 27pp. 35* 

Digest of State Public Welfare legisla tion 1939 . by Marietta 
Stevenson and Alice MacDonald, 1939, 262pp. 50* 

Across the Desk of a Relief Ad ministrator , by Benjamin Glosaberg, 
1938, 48pp. 50* 

The.. Plage of Case Work in the Public Assis tance Program , by 
Eda Houwink, 1941, 16pp. 15* 

Expenditures bv Families on Relief in Louisville. Kentucky , by 
Gertrude K. Richman, 1941, 24pp. 15* 

Work Loads for Professional Staff in a Public Welfare Arencv 

1941, 13pp. 15* 

Recent Developments in Tax-Supported Medical Care in Great 

Britain, by Franz Goldman, M. D. 1939, 15pp. 25* 

Institutional Care of the Chronically Ill , a report of the 
Joint Committee on Hospital Care of the American Hospital Association 
and APWA. 1940, 14pp. 15* 
























AMERICAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION -4- 


Migration and Social Welfare , by Philip E. Ryan, 1940, 114pp. 50* 
Community Problems in Defense Areas , by T. J. Woofter, Jr. 

1941, 15pp. 50* 

War and the Social Services in Canada , by Charlotte Whitton, 1941, 
11pp. 15* 

APWA—Our Autobiography . 1941, 60pp. $1.00 

The British Labor Exchange: Keystone of Man Po»er Supply for the 

War Effort, by Eric Biddle, 1941, 11pp. 15* 

Public Welfare and War Services , a bibliography, 1942, 11pp. 20* 
Ninety-day Experiment of Chicago Relief Administration on 
Dependency Investigations for Selective Service System. Dec. 8. 1941 

through March 7. 19Z.2 . by Dorothy Sherman, 1942, 10pp. 10* 













AMERICAN RELIEF FOR FRANCE. INC. 


The central coordinating agency in the United States for relief to 
France. 

457 Madison Avenue Telephone: Plaza 3-4571 

New York 22, N. Y. 

J. Andre Fouilhoux, President Protein 

PURPOSE: To assemble, prepare and ship emergency relief supplies 
for the French civilian population ; to establish a limited number of 
field units in France consisting of qualified American and French 
personnel; to furnish emergency aid to French service men and their 
families in the United States; to sponsor Franco-American friendship 
and interest. 

ORGANIZATION : American Relief for France is a member of the National 
War Fund and is licensed under the President^ War Relief Control 
Board. It was incorporated in May 1944 uniting the activities of: 

The Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, the Fighting 
French Relief Committee, the French Relief Fund, Inc., and several 
smaller agencies; from which groups 14 Directors of American Relief 
for France were named. Directors were also chosen from representatives 
of the following groups: American Field Service, American Friends 
Service Committee, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Com¬ 
mittee of French and French-Speaking Societies of New York, Committee 
of French-American Wives, Franco-American Committee for Relief of War 
Victims, Franco-British Relief of Baltimore, French Jewish Mutual 
Aid Society of New York, French Relief Fund of Boston, Federation of 
French Veterans of the Great War, International Committee of the YMCA's, 
War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and 
Secours Francais. The Directors, numbering 35, are all members of 
the Corporation. 

Local Units with officers registered in Washington have been formed 
in all states of the Union. American Relief for France has also a 
National Advisory Council, consisting of prominent people from each 
State who have a sympathetic interest in France, to advise the Local 
Units and the National Staff. 

The work of the American Relief for France is carried on by the follow¬ 
ing Divisions: Overseas Relief Activities and Services, Domestic 
Relief Activities and Services, Local Units in the United States, 
Supplies for Relief Projects, Recruitment for Volunteer Services 
(American and Overseas), Publicity and Public Relations, Coraite 
Americain de Secours Civil. The officers of the organization are 
J. Andre Fouilhoux, President Protein; Elliott H. Lee, Executive Vice- 
President, and Treasurer; Miss~Anne Morgan, Mrs. Marian Dougherty, 





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Andre Meyer, Vice-Presidents} and George W. Bakeman, Director, Paris 
Office. 

DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES » American Relief for France maintains a club¬ 
house for French service men called Cantine Francaise, and partici¬ 
pates in the maintenance of another, the Cantine La Marseillaise. 

It provides clothing and comforts for French seamen in American ports 
as well as for hospitalized men. Lt looks after the needy families 
of service men in this country and also keeps in touch with French 
Air Force personnel in training here, furnishing them with reading 
matter, cigarettes, gifts at Christmas time, etc. 

The activities of American Relief for France are carried on through 
both its National Headquarters and its Local Units. Local groups 
also participate in the National War Fund drive, sponsor lectures, 
films, exhibits, etc., operate workrooms, and in general, correlate 
the activities of ARF on the local level. The displays distributed 
by ARF consist of exhibits prepared for special occasions and a 
certain amount of material routed through local Units for use in 
their respective committees. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : American Relief for France works in con¬ 
stant liaison with Entr'aide Francaise, a semi-official agency which 
coordinates all relief organizations and activities in France. All 
ARF relief programs are established after consultation with Entr'aide 
All ARF shipments are consigned to Entr'aide Francaise and forwarded 
by the Bureau Technique des Oeuvres, 595 Madison Avenue, New York 22 
(representative in the United States of Entr'aide Francaise) at the 
expense of the French Government. American Relief for France main¬ 
tains an office in Paris at 20 Rue de la Baume, Paris, 8. 

PUBLICATIONS t These consist of a periodical Bulletin . along with 
other press and radio material issued regularly for use throughout 
the country} leaflets and posters distributed directly and through 
the National War Fund channels} annual holiday publications including 
a calendar in book form. 







AMERICAN RELIEF FOR ITALY. INC . 

The only agency certified by the President's War Relief Control 
Board to send food, clothing and medical supplies to liberated 
Italy. 

29 Broadway Telephone: Whitehall 3-0207 

New York 6, N. Y. 

Judge Juvenal Marchisio, President 

Dominic J. Marcello, Executive Vice-President 

Rosalie Rubino, Director of the Bureau of Information 

PURPOSE : To acquaint the American public with the need for relief 
and rehabilitation in Italy and to coordinate activities to that 
end. 

ORGANIZATION : Early in 1944, acting upon the request of President 
Roosevelt, the President's V»ar Relief Control Board appointed tempor¬ 
ary Trustees authorized to form an organization to study the re¬ 
tirements of relief for the people of Italy and to present for 
this purpose a definite budget to the National >ar Fund, Inc. and to 
request an allocation from its funds. American Relief for Italy, 

Inc. was established and incorporated lander the laws of the State 
of New York on April 10, 1944. The Hon. Myron C. Taylor, Envoy to 
the Vatican, is Chairman of the Board of Directors; and the Hon. 

Henry P. Fletcher, former Ambassador to Italy, is Chairman of the 
Executive Committee. Temporarily relieved from his duties as a 
Justice of the Domestic Relations Court of the City of New York, 

Judge Juvenal Marchisio is now serving as President. Judge Marchisio 
and Dominic J. Marcello, the Executive Vice-President, comprise 
the paid staff. All other directors and officers serve voluntarily. 

As a member of the National War Fund, ARI is financed entirely 
through the Fund. It is also a member of the American Council of 
Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service. Judge Marchisio is on the 
national committee of the United National Clothing Collection. The 
ARI staff is small and not departmentalized, but it is trained to 
handle a variety of problems as they arise. 

The actual relief projects are carried out by a large number of 
"permittees" which are licensed through ARI to furnish relief to 
Italy. These are not members of ARI; however, ARI is their only 
medium for sending supplies overseas. Located in a number of states, 
the "permittees" range from the Kings County Committee of the Ameri¬ 
can Labor }arty in New York to the Northern California Committee 
for Aid to Italy. ARI has sent "7,968,618 pounds of vital relief 
materials to liberated Italy in 13 shipments since October 1944. 

The materials have an estimated and most conservative value of 
over L10,000,000. Six relief shipments were sent during the last 





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three months of 1944. Two more shipments went in January, two 
others in February and the remaining three in March and April." 
Included in the 13 shipments were clothing, household goods, 
foodstuffs, drugs and medicines, and medical equipment. 

The cooperating agency in Italy which handles distribution of mater¬ 
ials sent by ARI is the Ehte Nazionale per la Distribuzione dei 
Soccorsi in Italia. Prime Minister H. E. Ivanoe Bonomi is Honorary 
Chairman of the Italian agency, which is composed of twelve members 
representing the Italian Government, the Vatican, the Italian Red 
Cross and the Italian Confederation of Labor. Liaison between the 
Ente Nazionale and the ARI is maintained by Myron C. Taylor while 
he is in Italy, and in his absence by the Deputy Director of the 
American Red Cross Civilian V.ar Relief in Italy, Howard B. Barr. 

There is no complicated machinery for submitting projects for approv¬ 
al to ARI. The "permittees" collect all the relief materials 
possible, the ARI ships them, and the Ente Nazionale distributes 
the goods received free of cost to those most in need. 

Two medical adjuncts of ARI, the America Committee for Medical Aid, 
headed by Frof. A. Castiglioni, and the American Medical Relief 
for Italy, headed by Dr. C. Muzzicato, are sending to Italy medi¬ 
cal supplies, surgical instruments and medical books and periodi¬ 
cals to aid the work of medical relief in Italy. 

A newcomer to the National Vtar Fund and to the field of overseas 
relief, the ARI has confined its activities to the emergency situa¬ 
tion. It has formulated no post-war plans as such, although it 
recognizes that relief and rehabilitation with American aid may be 
necessary for a protracted period in Italy. 


PUBLICATIONS : The ARI publishes a moi.thly News , bulletins and 
mimeographed releases. 




THE AMERICAN RUSSIAN INSTITUTE 

An American non-political organization serving as a center for factual 
information concerning the Soviet Union, 

58 Park Avenue Telephones Lexington 2-5472 

New York 16, N. Y. 

Rose N. Rubin, Acting Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To promote cultural relations between the peoples of the 
United States and the Soviet Union particularly by making available 
accurate information concerning cultural, scientific, and educational 
activities in both countries." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The American Russian Institute is a non-profit corpora¬ 
tion governed by a Board of Directors elected annually by the member¬ 
ship. Its financial support is entirely American and comes from sub¬ 
scribers, members and contributors. The Board' of Directors consists 
of Frances Adams, Joseph Barnes, Basil Bass, Edward C. Carter, Samuel 
H. Cross, Mortimer Graves, Gale F. Johnston, William W. Lancaster, 

Robert S. Lynd, Harriet L. Moore, Samuel J. Novick, Carl M. Owen, Arthur 
Upham Pope, Rose N. Rubin, Henry E. Sigerist, Ernest J. Simmons, Maxwell 
S. Stewart, Maurice Wertheim. 

The Institute maintains a library of reference books and source material 
in English and Russian. Its bound collection may be used without 
charge by the public. The library has 2000 English titles and 4000 
Russian, including important reference and statistical publications, 15 
English-language and 150 Russian periodicals and 9 Russian newspapers. 

The library keeps a biographical file on people and a daily chronology 
of important events in the Soviet Union and on Russian relations with 
other countries. The Information Service handles special research assign¬ 
ments on a fee basis, and maintains special clipping and other files 
available to ARI members without charge and to non-members by special 
arrangement. 

The Institute has day and evening classes in Russian for beginning, 
intermediate and advanced students. Competent translators handle general 
and technical translations from Russian into English and English into 
Russian. Other services of the Institute include seminars on special 
aspects of Soviet life, survey courses, exhibits, exchange of materials 
with the Soviet Union. The Institute has assisted several colleges 
and schools in setting up courses in Russian language and civilization. 
Several U. S. government agencies and many American newspapers, periodi¬ 
cals and authors have used its facilities. 

MEMBERSHIP : Individual membership is $10 per year, and includes all 
Institute publications, special services from the Research Department, 
and reductions of registration fees for courses, (except language courses.) 






THE AMERICAN RUSSIAN INSTITUTE -2- 


PUBLICATIONS : The American Review of the Soviet Union , quarterly, 
$2.50 per year, free to members. 

The USSR In Reconstruction . $1.00 

The Soviet Union Today , an outline study, syllabus, 
and bibliography! $1.00 

The Constitution of the USSR , revised edition, with 
the latest amendments. 10<£ 

Additional pamphlets on industry, health, the sciences, 
power development, the USSR at war, etc. 








An educational institution engaged in advancing intellectual relations 
between Americans and Scandinavians„ 

116 East 64th Street Telephones Regent 4=3318 

New York 21* N, Y 0 Cable Addresss SCANFOUN 

Dr 0 John B 0 C„ Watkins* Secretary 

PURPOSES To promote "better intellectual relations between the American 
and Scandinavian peoples*, by means of an interchange of students*, publi= 
cations*, and a Bureau of Information 0 W (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATIONS The Ameriean=Scandinavian Foundation was founded en 
dowed in 1911 by the late Niels Poulson 0 Other benefactors have since 
added to the endowment from time to time 0 Other financial support is 
derived from membership dues*, individual contributions and sales of pub¬ 
lications 0 The Foundation is governed by a board of twenty=five trustees-- 
educators* industrialists* diplomats* etc 0 The three honorary trustees are 
the Crown Princes of Sweden* Norway and Denmark; and the Kings of these 
countries are the Royal Patrons of the organizations 

Sister organizations have been formed to cooperate with the Foundation 
abroad£ The American Society of Denmark* (Danmark 5 Amerikanske Selskab) 
founded in 1914# The Norway “America Foundation* (Norge-Amerika Fondet) .*»¥, 
founded in 1919j The Sweden-Ameriea Foundation* (Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen), 
founded in 1919* The Iceland“America Society* (islenzk-Ameriska Felagid) 
founded in 1940 0 

The headquarters office in New York coordinates the work of a number of 
local chapters organized to popularize the work of the Foundation through 
meetings and entertainments 0 There are eight chapters* in California* 
Illinois* Massachusetts* Minnesota* Nebraska and New York 0 These local 
chapters set their own dues* and most of them hold regular meetings featuring 
both lectures and social event 3 u 

The work of the Foundation is carried on by the following committeesg execu- 
tive* foreign relations* finance* applications* publications* endowment and 
nominationso The staff is composed of the following officers^ Henry 
Goddard Leach* president; John B c C 0 Watkins* secretary and director of 
students; Hanna Astrup Larsen* editor; Ruth C 0 Bruce* assistant treasurer; 
Carl Norman* circulation; Margaret Vanderbilt* reception,, 

OPERATIONS; The largest part of the work of the Foundation is its program 
for ’Traveling Fellows ,, 0 In this work the organization collaborates with 
the Institute of International Education* the cultural offices of the 
governments involved* and American and Scandinavian institutions of learning,, 
The Foundation has sponsored the interchange of about 1100 graduate students 




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THE AMIRICAN- SGAMDINAVIAN 

between the United States and Denmark*, Iceland*, Norway*, and Sweden 0 About 
25 percent of these were American students who were sent to the Scandinavian 
countries* the rest came to the United States from abroad,, In 'foreign 
countries*, the money was raised by the cooperating bodies of the Foundation,, 

In normal times there are approximately 100 students from abroad in the 
United States under the Foundation 0 s program,, Today there are about 50*, 

40 of which are from Iceland* a number of than being Junior Scholars 
(undergraduates) o At the outbreak of the war there were 12 American 
students in Denmark and Norway who were able to return to the United States „ 
Many Scandinavian Fellows,, stranded here during the war*, were assisted by 
the Foundationo 

The Foundation plans to resume the interchange of students on a larger 
scale than before,, It will finance University Fellows^ Industrial Fellows, 
(apprentices in art museums*, hospitals* banks* etc„ A new title will be 
Field Fellow in Social Science)| Junior Scholars* and Exchange Scholars 
(undergraduate students)„ 

In addition to financing the American students who are sent abroad* the 
Foundation advises the Scandinavians who come to the United States and 
often obtains scholarships for them 0 Similarly* the cooperating bodies 
abroad help the American students 0 

The New York headquarters maintains the William Henry Schofield Library,, 

It contains Scandinavian newspapers* magazines* and many books„ Some of 
the periodicals are received in exchange for the Review r . and many books 
have been donated„ The Foundation has also maintained a program of sending 
American books to Scandinavia,, Many former Fellows have been active in 
collecting books for their countries,. 

The Foundation is an excellent source of information on all things per¬ 
taining to Scandinavia through its publications and library„ It sponsors 
lectures* concerts* exhibits* and has slides.and reproductions which it 
lends to various interested groups„ 

The OWI assembled for the Foundation an exhibit of American architecture 
procured through the Museum of Modern Art* entitled "America Builds"„ 

This exhibit was shown in Sweden in the summer of 1944 under the auspices 
of the Sweden-America Foundation,, Arrangements have been made to send It 
to Copenhagen and eventually to Norway Q With the Foundation as intermediary* 
the Oil is assisting the University of Uppsala in Sweden to open an American 
Seminar* with a library and lectures by an American,, 

MEMBERSHIP ? 

Regular Associates? $3oQ0 dues,, (In New York and Chicago? §5„00 
dueso) Receive the Review ., 

Sustaining Associates? $X0„00 dues 0 Receive the Review and books 
published by the Foundation,, 






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Life Associates? $200 0 Receive all publications„ 

PUBLICATIONS s 

Sfce Amerjcan^Scandi navian Review «, quarterly,, $ 2„00 per year u 

The Foundation has published in English some 60 volumes which in^ 
elude standard works about the Scandinavian countries and translations 
from Scandinavian literature 0 The subjects covered includes Old Norse* 
literary criticism* history and philosophy* biography and memoirs* art* 
fiction* poetry* anthologies* drama* travel* and description,, 







AMERICAN SLAV CONGRESS 


A federation of organizations of Americans of Slavic ancestry,, 

205 East 42nd Street Telephone: Murray Hill 4-7090 

New York 17, N„ Y 0 

George Pirinsky, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To support the war effort and the establishment of enduring 
peace; to provide a medium of expression that will clarify all issues 
which may tend to disrupt the unity of the many national groups among 
American Slavs, thereby cementing greater national unity; to facilitate 
greater participation of American Slavs in American public life; by mak¬ 
ing available to members accurate information as to qualifications of 
candidates and by urging upon them the necessity of voting in every elec¬ 
tion; by encouraging American Slavs to develop and give to America the 
valuable qualities and features of their Slavic heritage; by promoting 
friendly relations among Americans of Slav origin, arranging cultural 
festivals, rallies, forums and discussions where their various nationality 
leaders and artists will represent their groups; by expounding the work 
and heroism of those men of Slavic origin who helped make and preserve 
our Constitution; by acquainting our membership with the history and 
background of our nation; by supplying those American Slavs who have not 
yet become citizens with the necessary information on naturalization and 
directing their inquiries into the proper channels; by promoting and 
fostering a better understanding of the vital role that the trade union 
movement is playing in the war effort of our country and its contribution 
to the social and economic betterment of the American people; to be a 
living link between the general American public and the Slavs of Europe 
by interpreting their cultures, their ideals and the complexities of their 
local problemso" 

ORGANIZATION : The first national American Slav Congress was held in April, 
1942, in Detroit, and the second in Septembers, 1944, in Pittsburgh,, Some 
3000 delegates, representative of the various Slavic organizations in the 
United States, attended,, 

To realise its objectives, the Congress conducts the following activities: 
holds national Congresses, state and city conferences to discuss current 
problems and to register its stand on main issues; arranges mass meetings, 
lectures, a nd public demonstrations on current problems; publishes litera¬ 
ture on questions of interest to Slavic Americans; arranges concerts and 
other cultural activities of all groups; through special campaigns, aids 
in the drives for war relief, war bonds, blood donations, support of labor's 
no-strike pledge and other vital problems; participates in the main stream 
of American life through cooperation with other like-minded citizens and 
groups in the election of public officials pledged to carry out the poli¬ 
cies outlined in its objectives„ 





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The Congress repudiates Pan-Slavism as a reactionary current inimical 
to the idea of equality of the peoples and the national development 
of all stateso 

The Congress is financed t>y voluntary contributions 0 The officers 
includes Leo Krzycki, president; Stephen Zeman, Jr„, National Secretary; 
George Pirinsky, executive secretary Q 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The American Slav Congress will lend its 
weight to the forces engaged in strengthening democracy and assuring 
lasting peace 0 The Congress hopes in the postwar period to concern 
itself more extensively with the promotion of cultural relations „ It 
is interested in the exchange of students and professors„ 

Although there are no formal affiliations, the Congress keeps in touch 
with the All-Slav Committee in Moscow, the All-Slav Congress in Sofia, 
the United Committee in London, and similar Slavic groups in Australia, 

New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, and various countries in South America. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership consists of organizations of Americans of Russian, 
Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Byelorussian, Czech, Polish, Slo¬ 
vak, Carpatho-Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian ancestry 0 

PUBLICATIONS ? Program of the First American Slav Congress „ 

Program of the Second American Slav Congress . 

Slav Peoples Never Again , and other pamphlets. 









THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION. TNr. 

A non-profit voluntary health and welfare agency. 

1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-8000 

New York 19, N. I. Cable Address: ASHANYING 

Dr. Walter Clarke, Executive Director 

PURPOgg: To improve the nation's health and welfare through the 
promotion of education for marriage and parenthood, repression of 
prostitution and social promiscuity, and combating of venereal 
diseases. 

QRGAyiZATTOy» The American Social Hygiene Association was organized 
in 1913. An autonomous organization, it is a member of the National 
Health Council, a participating service of the National War Fund, 
and has affiliations with more than 150 state and local hygiene 
groups, including some in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. 

In addition to the national headquarters office at the above address, 
the Association has branch offices in Washington, D. C., San Francis¬ 
co, Atlanta, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Chicago, and Columbus. 

In addition to a permanent staff of 53, the Association has a 
consultant staff of authorities and many committees. It is governed 
by a board of directors and general officers, responsible to a 
voting membership who pay annual dues and constitute the governing 
body. The present officers are: Edward L. Keyes, M. D., honorary 
president} Ray Lyman Wilbur, M. D., president; Bailey B. Burritt, 
secretary} Timothy N. Pfeiffer, treasurer} William F. Snow, M. D., 
chairman of the executive committee} Walter Clarke, M. D., executive 
director} Philip R. Mather, chairman of the committee on war activi¬ 
ties. 

OPERATIONS > After the first World War, the Association successfully 
advocated the establishment by Congress of the Interdepartmental 
Social Hygiene Board, the creation of the Division of Venereal Disea¬ 
ses in the United States Public Health Service, and, in connection 
with these, the first appropriation of funds by the federal govern¬ 
ment for allocation to the states for combating venereal disease. 

The Association's present program undertakes to rally more citizens 
to fight syphilis and gonorrhea and commercialized prostitution 
through community action. It cooperates with the armed forces, and 
war industries, in developing programs of education about the venereal 
diseases and in spreading knowledge about these infections as widely 





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as possible, how they may be avoided, how cured; helps enforce exis¬ 
ting laws against prostitution and advises and assists in securing 
better laws where needed; helps communities clean up conditions 
leading to delinquency; drives out quacks and charlatans; promotes 
education of youth in preparation for marriage and parenthood; 
studies conditions and programs and keeps all concerned informed 
regarding programs and results. 

The experience of the first World War suggests that after the present 
war there may occur a letdown in efforts to repress prostitution, an 
increase in the prevalence of venereal disease, and restrictions 
which would result in handicapping essential public health, medical, 
social, and educational activities. In view of these dangers, the 
Association hopes that it may continue and increase its efforts, in 
cooperation with federal agencies, to combat prostitution and 
venereal disease during the postwar reconstruction period. 

# ©o fjj ot*rmrI bora ,li:*w«H nl eooe ■galbuloa-t . 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association is cooperating closely with the 
War and Navy Departments, the U. S. Public Health Service, the Social 
Protection Division of the Community War Services, and other federal 
agencies engaged in the war effort. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Association maintains contact with 
the British Hygiene Council, the Health League of Canada, and 
associations in other parts of the British Empire and in countries 
of Spanish America. It has lost most of its contacts with organiza¬ 
tions in Europe, and is currently trying to re-establish these contacts, 
especially with the International Union Against the Venereal Diseases, 
which had its headquarters in Paris. *t is stockpiling 100 conies of 
each issue of its Journal for foreign subscribers. 

MEMBERSHIP : Any reputable person or agency accepting sound principles 
of social hygiene is eligible for membership. Dues are from $2.00 
to $10.00. The present membership is 18,000. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Journal of Social Hygiene , monthly. $3.00 per year. 

Social Hygiene News , monthly. Free . 

Social Hygiene Yearbook . $1.00. 

Numerous pamphlets on individual topics. 


mte’jqe 













AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METALS 


A non-profit association devoted to the promotion of the arts and 
sciences connected with the manufacture and the treatment of metals. 

7301 Euclid Avenue Telephone: Ehdicott 1910 

Cleveland 3, Ohio. 

Ray To Bayless, Assistant Secretary 

PURPOSE: To serve the metal industry through the exchange of ideas 
and methods, through meetings and exhibits, educational activities and 
publicationso 

ORGANIZATION : The American Society for Metals, which was organized in 
1920, is a membership organization composed mainly of chief executives, 
production officials, metallurgists, chemists and engineers. The Society 
has 66 chapters, five of which are in Canada. The chapters meet several 
times a year and are addressed by leading experts of the metal industries 
and visit local plants which are opened for inspection. 

The Society sponsors an annual National Metal Congress, which is also 
attended by other technical societies. During the technical sessions of 
this Congress, the latest developments in the iron, steel and non- 
ferrous fields are presented and discussed. Held concurrently with 
the Congress is the National Metal Exposition, which is the working labora 
tory of the Congress. At the exposition, where over 250 firms assemble 
their products for inspection and comparison, the methods and processes 
discussed in the technical sessions of the Congress are on view. 

Other activities of the Society include a book and library service for 
members, through which technical books may be ordered at a discount and 
photostats secured at cost; employment service; courses of instruction in 
metals, which are sponsored by many local chapters; lectures; and the 
award of several medals for achievement in the field of metals. 

The Society is financed by membership dues, by the proceeds from adver¬ 
tising in its many publications, and by its Exposition. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : At the request of the Army and Navy, the Society 
conducted, through its local chapters, courses for manufacturing and 
government personnel in metal preparation, fabrication, and inspection. 

The courses have been attended by more than 10,000 persons. 






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The Society prepared an Inspection of Metals Handbook which is widely 
used. At the request of the Office of Production Management, it prepared 
a report on recommended practices for the preparation, use, and treat¬ 
ment of molybdenum high speed steels. Through the local chapters, 64 
War Products Advisory Committees were organized, as free advisory ser¬ 
vices for the metal producing and metal working industries engaged in 
the manufacture of war products. 

In recognition of its services, the Distinguished Service Award was 
presented to the Society in 1944 by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. 

MEMBERSHIP : Anyone interested in metals is eligible for membership. 

Dues are $10.00 a year; foreign $3<>00 additional for postage. There 
are no additional chapter dues. Firms and corporations are eligible for 
membership as sustaining members, which entitles them to nominate one 
man to represent the firm and to receive publications. Dues for this 
type of membership are not less than $25.00 a year. There are about 20,000 
members. 

PUBLICATIONS : Metal Progress , monthly. $5.00 per year; free to members. 

The Metals Review , monthly. Free to members. 

Transactions . annual. Free to members. 

Metals Handbook , a reference book revised biennially. 

Free to members. 


Numerous technical books 










AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 

An organization of public officials* research workers* educators and 
others interested in the advancement of public administration. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37* Illinois 

Hazel Jackson* Secretary-Treasurer 

PUKPOSEg To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and the results 
of experience among persons interested in or engaged in the field 
of public administration^ to stimulate more extensive discussion* 
research* and experimentation in administrative policies and prac¬ 
tices involved in the management of public services; to encourage 
the collection* compilation* and dissemination of information 
on matters relating to public administration; and to advance gener¬ 
ally the science* processes* and arts of public administration, 

ORGANIZATION : The American Society for Public Administration was 
founded in 1939 , The Public Administration Clearing House is the 
secretariat* and members of the staff of the Clearing House are 
designated to conduct the business of the Society, 

The major activities of the Society are threes l) the conduct of 
an annual meeting; 2) the encouragement of the organization of local 
chapters or forums* composed of Society members within the area who 
find chapter meetings a desirable medium for exchanging ideas and 
experiences* to focus attention upon administrative problems common 
to all levels and functions of government* and to promote an apprecia¬ 
tion of the methods and achievements In the field of public admini¬ 
stration; 3) the publication of the official journal. Public Admini ¬ 
stration Review a which contains articles on administrative management 
and techniques* presenting diverse opinions on various public poli¬ 
cies and practices and reviewing significant books and documents 
in the field of public administration. 

The president and vice-president are elected by the members of the 
Society at each annual meeting and serve for terms of one year. The 
governing body is the Council* which is composed of the president* 
vice-president* the three most recent past presidents* and nine 
other members* three of whom are elected at each annual meeting to 
serve for terms of three years. 

Among the present officers and staff are Luther Gulick* president; 
Roscoe C, Martin* vice-president; Hazel Jackson* secretary-treasurer; 
Laverne Burchfield* managing editor of the Public Administration Re- 
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION =2 


MEMBERSHIP g Anyone in sympathy with the purposes of the Society 
is eligible for membership. There are now about 2,280 members., 

PUBLICATION ? 

Public Administration Review ,, Quarterly 0 $5o00 a year 0 






AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 


Voluntary association of members of the profession. 


33 West 39th Street 
New York 18, N. Y. 


Telephone: Pennsylvania b-9220 
Cable Address: CEAS 


George T. Seabury, Secretary 

PURPOSE: "The advancement of the sciences of engineering and 
architecture in their several branches, the professional improve¬ 
ment of it8 members, the encouragement of intercourse among men of 
practical science, and the establishment of a central point of 
reference and union for its members." (from the Twentieth Century 
Fund Directory of Postwar Planning in the U.S.). 


ORGANIZATION : The American Society of Civil Engineers, founded in 
is a voluntary association of members of the profession 
governed by a Board of Direction composed of a President, two past 
Presidents, and 19 Directors. Malcolm Pimie is President of the 
Society. The organization includes standing and special com¬ 
mittees, technical divisions, 64 local sections and 123 student 
chapters. It is supported by membership dues from 20,443 members 
as of December 31 , 1944. 

POSTWAR PLANS : The Society in 1943 established a Committee on 
Postwar Construction to develop a sound program in that field. In 
March, 1944, a Research and Development Division was created to 
assist the Committee in stimulating complete preparation of plans 
and specifications by private and public owners for postwar con¬ 
struction projects. The Committee on Postwar Construction main¬ 
tains an office at 330 W. 42nd Street, New York 18. G. Donald 
Kennedy, Washington, is Chairman of the Committee on Postwar Con¬ 
struction. The Research and Development Division is headed by 
Vincent B. Smith, Executive Director, and Mark B. Owen, Director. 
The Research and Development Division, with the assistance of 100 
trained field correspondents, maintains running inventories of the 
volume of postwar projects for which plans are in process or com¬ 
pleted, and statistical information regarding these inventories is 
made available to all who are interested in such data. Through 
its releases and other services, the Division seeks to provide the 
stimulus for immediate preparation of contract plans and documents. 
Activities of the Committee on Postwar Construction, including the 
work of the Research and Development Division, are correlated with 
the program of other organizations seeking to assure a high level 
of American productivity and employment after the war. 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Society is represented by members, 
both American and natives, in all the major countries of the 
world. Its printed material is sent to subscriber members abroad. 








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Before the war, 320 free copies of each issue of the Society*s 
magazines were sent to libraries abroad. Although there has been 
no stockpiling, if the need arises, copies of the monthly publi¬ 
cations and the Transactions can be provided. The Society is mak¬ 
ing no international postwar plans. 

MEMBERSHIP : (l) Members — must have engineering knowledge, 

standard very high. Must be at least 35 years 
of age. 

(2) Associate Members — must have engineering 
knowledge — standard fairly high. Must be at 
least 27 years of age. 

(3) Juniors — must be 20 years of age. Membership 
open to those of any country who can meet the 
standards. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

(1) Civil Engineering - a monthly — $5.00 a year — 
$4.0d to members — $ 1.50 for foreign postage — 
$ 2.50 a year to students 

(2) Proceedings of the A.S.C.E . — a monthly (except 
July and August) $S.0O a yr. — $4.00 to members. 

(3) Yearbook — annual directory of members. Pub- 
lished“as Part 2 of the April Proceedings — 

$2.00 each — $1.00 to members" Restricted to 
educational uses. 

(4) Transactions of the A.S.C.E . — annual technical 
record, collated from Proceedings — $12.00 
each — $6.00 to members, tor paper binding. 
Special bindings available at extra cost. 












AME RICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS. AUTHORS. AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP) 


An association of the composers and authors of musical works and 
their publishers. 

30 Rockefeller tlaza Telephone: Columbus 5-7464 

New York 20, N. Y. 

John G. Paine, General Manager 

PURPOSE: To enforce that particular right inherent in musical 
copyright which secures to the copyright owner exclusive control 
of public performance of musical works for profit. 

ORGANIZATION : The Society was founded in 1914 by a group of com¬ 
posers and authors led by Victor Herbert and John Philip Sousa. 

In lr97 the copyright laws of the United States provided protection 
for the writer of musical compositions in regard to the public 
performance of his property for profit, but experience proved that 
the individual composer was unable to enforce it. It was as a 
result of this condition that the Society was founded to serve as 
a central agency or clearing house for licenses. It has branches 
and representatives in almost every state, and is affiliated with 
societies in many foreign countries. 

After the overhead expenses of the Society have been met from the 
proceeds of the licenses and payment has been made to foreign 
affiliate societies, the remaining funds are divided among the 
members. Half of the money goes to writer members and half to 
publisher members. 

ASCAP offers the music user options of several types of license. 

These are a blanket license, a per-program license, and a per-piece 
license. The blanket license grants full use of the entire catalogue 
of the Society and its foreign affiliates. Free licenses are grant¬ 
ed to non-profit institutions which desire to have music performed 
in non-commercial setting. Over 28,000 establishments have been 
licensed: theaters, restaurants, dance halls, hotels, radio sta¬ 
tions, wired music services, and miscellaneous establishments. 

The Society is governed by a board of directors, half of whom are 
elected by the writer members and half by the publisher members. 

The board appoints the officers, who now are: Deems Taylor, presi¬ 
dent; George ¥». MeyBr, secretary; Max Dreyfus, treasurer; John G. 
Payne, general manager. 





AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS. AUTHORS. AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP) -2- 


INTERNATIOKAL ACTIVITIES i Through its affiliation with £he Inter¬ 
national Confederation of Performing Right Societies in Geneva, 
ASCaP is one of the twenty-one national groups all of whose reper¬ 
toires are available to the licensee of any one affiliated society. 
Thus the ASCAP licensee has access not only to the vast library of 
American music, but also to the protected works of some 50,000 
composers and authors in other countries. 

EARTH'S OPERATIONS : The Society has given free licenses to the 
Army, havy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and, to help develop the 
effective use of work music, has granted licenses to industrial 
establishments at the nominal rate of $1.00 a year. The Society 
has prepared transcriptions whic^ were used in connection with the 
6th V>ar Bond drive, and has sponsored numerous concerts to raise 
funds for wartime organizations. 

MBflBERSHIP : To be eligible for membership a composer or author 
must have secured regular publication of one or more musical works 
that have had a substantial number of performances, and must be 
engaged in the writing of music -or lyrics as a professional pursuit. 
Music publishers must demonstrate that they publish a repertoire 
of music that is in commercial use in establishments licensed by 
the Society, 







AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANNING OFFICIALS 


The clearing house for planning in the United States. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37, Illinois 

Walter H. Blucher, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: "To promote efficiency of public administration in land 
and community planning. Its purpose is to act as a clearing house 
for matters of a planning nature." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The ASPO was founded in 1935 as a non-profit corporation. 
Membership is open to planning agencies, commissioners and staff 
members, to public administrators in related fields, to students and 
to all others who wish to advance their knowledge of planning. There 
are now about 1200 individual members plus a number of planning agenc¬ 
ies. The Society is financed by a grant from the Spelman Fund and 
by membership dues. Wilson W. Wyatt, Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 
is President; and Charles S. Ascher, of the National Housing Agency, 
is Treasurer. ASPO is governed by a Board of Directors. 

"Through its inquiry service, publications, conferences and other 
facilities, ASPO enables its members to keep up to the minute with 
the rapidly evolving scope and techniques of planning and assists them 
to find quickly the right solutions to specific problems." (Official 
statement.) ASPO also maintains a service for answering technical 
inquiries. A reservoir of planning information has been built up, and 
usually assistance can be given with the aid of materials at hand or 
by reference to available publications. ASPO's indexed collections 
of zoning ordinances and of planning and zoning legal decisions are 
believed to be the most complete in the country. 

Committees of members and the staff engage in original research in 
such fields as improved transportation and highway planning, urban 
redevelopment and park and recreation standards. Other projects deal 
with the new trends in state and local sources of revenue, cooperation 
between industry and government in post-war planning schemes and a 
curriculum for university education of planning personnel. ASPO con¬ 
ducts a personnel service that tries to find the right man for the 
right planning job. 

An important new activity of the Society is a study of costs and necessary 
subsidies for specific urban redevelopment projects under existing 
legislation. This investigation should have pertinence to rebuilding 
schemes in other countries where private enterprise will expect to 
enter this field. 





AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANNING OFFICIALS 


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Every year ASK) holds an annual meeting of planning officials, tech¬ 
nicians, students and interested lay persons. The complete proceed¬ 
ings of these conferences are published in permanent book form, copies 
of which are sent free to all members. In view of the lack of trained 
planning personnel in the United States, ASPO has developed a training 
course to help public officials to do their own local planning. During 
1943 and early 1944, the Society directed or assisted in eight such 
community planning institutes in different sections of the country. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The ASPO has been affiliated in the past 
with the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, the 
headquarters of which were located in Brussels. At the outbreak of 
the war, the Chairman and Secretary of this organization were Germans; 
consequently the office and its useful housing and planning library 
were removed to Germany. The Society also helped to support the Inter¬ 
national Union of Local Authorities and is very eager to restore and 
enlarge international contacts. 

One of ASIO's members has gone to the Philippines to advise on planning 
there. A representative of the Greek government has sought its assis¬ 
tance. The military administrators of some German cities are members 
of ASPO. 150 members are in the armed forces; many others are available 
tc go abroad for post-war service. The Executive Director, Yu'alter H. 
Blucher, has full personnel data. 

The ASPO has a few members in Great Britain and is corresponding with 
George L. Pepler of the Town Planning Institute of Great Britain re¬ 
garding the reestablishment of an international body in the field of 
planning. It exchanges a few copies of its News Letter with various 
countries and is still reaching Palestine, South Africa, Australia, 

New Zealand and Latin American countries. Contact is maintained 
with Architectural Friends of Russia in New York, which translates and 
transmits some of ASPO's materials to the Soviet Union. 

ASPO refers to the Museum of Modern Art as a rich source of films on 
city planning. One of the best is "The City," prepared under the di¬ 
rection of a committee of American planners. A planning exhibit could 
be pieced together from the best exhibit items made up by the planning 
commissions of many American cities. The ASPO wants to receive any 
up-to-date information about personnel and activities in the town- 
planning field in liberated and other countries. 

MEMBERSHIP : Active £10.00 

Associate: £10.00 

Commission: Based upon the population of the governmental 
unit of an official planning agency. 

Sponsoring: $25.00 and up. 

Contributing: $100.00 and up. 






AMERICAN SOCIETY OF FLANKING OFFICIALS -3- 


FUBLICATIONS : The News Letter f a monthly publication which presents 
a cross section of current information on planning activities at city, 
county, state, regional and federal levels. It is distributed to ASPO 
members. 

Proceedings of the annual meeting are published each 

year. 


Reports and other publications prepared by the ASPO 
staff, or by outside agencies, are sent to members. 






























AMERICAN-SOVIET MEDICAL SOCIETY 


An association of American medical men interested in the latest devel¬ 
opments of medical science in the Soviet Union. 


130 West 46 th Street 
New York 19, N. Y. 


Telephone: Bryant 9-2780 


Robert L. Leslie, M.D., Business Manager 

PURPOSE: "The purpose of the Society shall be to promote cooperation 
between the members of the medical and allied professions of the 
United States of America and of t^e Union of Soviet Socialist Repub¬ 
lics, and to collect and exchange information about medical develop¬ 
ments and achievements in the medical and allied sciences of the 
two countries." (Statement in Constitution.) 

£fi£MIZATI0N: The Society was formed in June 1943 by a group of Amer- 
can physicians, dentists and nurses, and held its first annual conven¬ 
tion in November 1944. The convention was addressed by John Fulton, 
Yale University physiologist; A. Baird Hastings of the National Re¬ 
search Council, professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical 
School; Alan Gregg, director of medical sciences for the Rockefeller 
Foundation. Supported by dues from more than 5000 members in every 
state, Canada and Latin-America, the Society is also the recipient of 
foundation grants as a scientific and technical society. It is further 
aided by the fact that almost its entire staff, including a majority 
of the 70 translators, contribute their services gratis. The head¬ 
quarters are made available without charge by Dr.Robert L. Leslie, a 
physician who has abandoned the practice of medicine to carry on his 
enterprise as a publisher in The Composing Room, Inc, 

Walter B. Cannon, M.D., the President, is professor emeritus of physio¬ 
logy at Harvard University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences 
of the U.S. and of the Academy of Science of the U.S.S.R, The cor¬ 
responding Secretary, Abraham Stone, M. D., is editor of Human Fertili - 

The Society's publication, American Review of Soviet Medicine , 
is edited by Henry E. Sigerist, M.D., director of the Institute of 
the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 

Prominent among the activities of the Amt-rican-Soviet Medical Society 
are the following: 

Exchange of publications - The Society sends to the Soviet Union 
practically every medical book and magazine published in the United 
States. Through exchange agreements with all the important medical 
periodicals, the Society regularly collects, and Russian War Relief 
ships, current issues of 350 sue 1 -' publications. Semashko, a branch 
of V0KS (Soviet 'cultural relations organ) which has charge of the 
medical section of V0KS, arranges that Soviet publications will review 
books received. Consequently, the Society is able to obtain litera¬ 
ture in this country as review copies without charge fo r transmittal 







AMERICAN-SOVIET MEDICAL SOCIETY 


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to the Central Library in Moscow. It also collects older copies of 
medical magazines and books, dating back to 1930, most of which are 
contributed by individual physicians. It is estimated that 10,000 
books and magazines have been shipped by the Russian War Relief. In 
special cases, Semashko arranges to buy wholesale to restock Soviet 
libraries, etc. In exchange, V0KS sends to the Society copies of all 
medical and scientific publications in the Soviet Union. These arrive 
in sufficient quantity for the Society to furnish duplicate copies to 
the Library of Congress, the Army Library Service and several •universi¬ 
ties. 


Exchange of medical films - The Society has sent more than 
300 16-millimeter U.S. medical films and has arranged with film pro¬ 
ducers to receive copies of all new films for shipment to Russia. It 
has sponsored showings of medical films from the Soviet, probably the 
most celebrated of which was one on Revival (of organisms). To 
"Soviet Medicine at the Front," produced by Soyuzmultfilm, the Society 
added Ehglish commentary by Lillian Heilman, playwright, and Fredric 
March, actor. 

American Review of Soviet Medicine - The central activity of the 
Society is publishing this periodical which was a year old in October 
1944 and reaches 8100 subscribers. Consisting mainly of translations 
from the Russian, the Review also presents survey articles, abstracts 
and book reviews written in the United States. It is abstracted in 
the Journal of the American Medical Association and other medical 
journals. Even a layman can recognize the unique interest of this 
internationalist organ. No other publication has access to the mater¬ 
ial; and Soviet medicine, surgery in particular, has had so much raw 
material with which to work, and has been so unconventional in its 
approach to the problems, that it has aroused the greatest general 
interest in its treatment of blood plasma, revival of organisms, etc. 

In regard to the special medical problems of a nation at war, the 
Soviet Union has made much progress. 200 copies of each issue of the 
Review are sent to Russia. 

The Society has built up a library of Russian medical publications 
for the use of the profession in the United States, and also conducts 
an information service, answering queries from both Russians and 
Americans. It has undertaken the responsibility for extending wel¬ 
come and hospitality to any visiting Russians connected with the medi¬ 
cal profession. Meetings have been arranged at the Academy of Medicine 
for visiting professors. At a meeting of the New York County Chapter 
in May 1944 two of the speakers were Soviet doctors present in the 
United States for a limited time at the invitation of the International 
Health Foundation of the Rockefeller Institute. Local, chapters of 
the Society have been organized by members throughout the country. 







AMERICAN-SOVIET MEDICAL SOCIETY -3- 


In its long-range plans, the Society hopes to issue its Review monthly 
instead of bi-monthly, promote the exchange of students and scientists 
and sponsor study tours in the two countries, so that physicians and 
scientists may set an example of international cooperation as the basis 
of a lasting peace. "Hope is entertained that reciprocal undertakings 
will serve to strengthen the natural ties of fellowship of physicians 
in the two countries and thereby will help to promote mutual acquain¬ 
tance and lessen ignorance and misjudgment among the citizens of two 
great and powerful nations." (Official statement.) 

MEMBERSHIP : United States - $5 
Canada - $6 

The Review is included in membership. 

PUBLICATIONS ; American Review of Soviet Medicine , bi-monthly. $6 for 
non-members; $7 in Canada and Europe. 










































AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION 


A federation of 85 national technical societies, trade associa¬ 
tions and government departments. 

70 East U5th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 3-^058 

New York 17, N. Y. 


P. G. Agnew, Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To provide the means for arriving at national industri- 
al standards." In doing this, the organization "coordinates and 
unifies the standardization activities of many groups, doing work 
which these groups either could not do at all or could not do as 
effectively themselves." (Official Statement.) 

ORGANIZATION : The Association was established in 1918 to attack 
some of the production problems which arose during the last war 
and was 8t first called the American Engineering Standards Com¬ 
mittee. After 10 years of steady growth from the five original 
engineering societies then composing it, the organization became 
the American Standards Association and in 1929 became a member of 
the International Standards Association. 

Membership in the ASA is open to any group, company or individual 
having an interest in standardization activities. Its member- 
bodies are organizations of national scope, such as trade associ¬ 
ations, engineering societies and government departments, and with 
them rest the authority and responsibility for the policies and 
affairs of the Association. The ASA also has associate members, 
and some 2,000 industrial concerns hold membership either directly 
or by group arrangement through their respective trade associa¬ 
tions. 

The organization is governed by officers, headed by Henry B. Bryans, 
president, who is executive vice-president of the Philadelphia 
Electric Company; an advisory committee composed of men of the 
caliber of Karl T. Compton, president of Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology; Walter S. Gifford, president of American Telephone 
and Telegraph Company; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the 
board, General Motors Corporation, and E. R. Stettinius, Jr., 
formerly chairman of the board of United States Steel Corpora¬ 
tion; a board of directors, and a paid staff. 

More than 3,500 individuals compose committees that are develop¬ 
ing new standards or revising standards already in use. There 
are correlating committees on building, consumer, electrical, 
highway traffic, mechanical, mining, and safety. 





.AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION -2- 


More than fOO standards have been approved by the ASA. Manu¬ 
facturers use them to facilitate production operations,lower pro¬ 
duction costs or to eliminate controversies between buyer and 
seller and to raise the level of their industry by eliminating 
misrepresentation. Consumer groups use them as a yardstick to 
measure the merit of the things they buy, and government agencies 
use them in their capacity as buyers or as protectors of the pub¬ 
lic interest. 

For its company-members, the Association supplies free copies of 
newly approved standards, as well as its monthly publication. It 
also serves as a reference bureau on domestic and foreign stand¬ 
ardization matters, conducts a company-member forum for the inter¬ 
change of experience among standardization departments of company- 
members, and sponsors a special service reference library of 
20,000 standards, books and related documents, including a very 
complete file of the national standards and purchase specifica¬ 
tions of other countries. This library is the only place in the 
USA where much of this information can be found, according to the 
Association. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The ASA was a member of the Inteme- 
tional Standards Association (ISA) from 1929 until the outbreak of 
the war. Through it, the Association was in touch with all na¬ 
tional standardization groups of the industrialized countries of 
the world. 

The ISA has headquarters in Basle, Switzerland, although all in¬ 
ternational standards work has stopped during the war. Whether 
this same association will renew its work after the war is not 
certain, though some organization will have to take its place, the 
ASA insists. 

The American group has maintained contacts with all United Nations' 
standards associations during the war, many copies of its monthly 
publication going to Russia, England and Australia. (Many organi¬ 
zations abroad keep files of this periodical for their engineers). 

The Association has participated in the organization of a United 
Nations Standards Coordinating Committee to take care of pressing 
war problems and. to take the first step toward the postwar inter¬ 
national standardization work that will facilitate postwar trade. 

During the war, the ASA has succeeded in developing active coopera¬ 
tion with the Latin-American countries. Working directly under the 
ASA is an office in Buenos Aires; there are representatives in 
several other Latin-American countries. 




AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION 


WARTIME OPERATIONS : When the USA entered this war, much of ASA's 
peacetime work: was at once available for the prosecution of the 
war. Many additional standards needed to be established right 
away, for use in government purchasing and in war production. 

The ASA, seeing this need, adopted an emergency method for speed¬ 
ing up the jobs requested by government and industry for war use, 
and issued "American War Standards" in a special color and for¬ 
mat. Some are being used as stopgap measures to conserve our 
dwindling stocks of strategic materials. All will be reviewed at 
the end of the war. 

The federal government has placed the ASA under contract to do 
certain work for the War Production Board, Office of Price 
Administration and the armed services, under which the ASA is 
reimbursed for actual expenditures. This contract, however, 
does not cover a large amount of work done by ASA for the Army, 
Navy and other governmental departments and paid for out of regu¬ 
lar ASA funds. 

The Association has been able to assist the War Department in 
setting up its safety program in industry by supplying hundreds 
of safety standards to government arsenals and to companies 
filling government contracts. At the request of the Committee 
on Conservation of Manpower, the ASA has printed a special group 
of safety standards and made them available, at cost, to stu¬ 
dents in government-supervised safety engineering courses. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

INDUSTRIAL STANDARDIZATION — monthly; $4.00 a year; foreign 
$5.00; single copies 35^* 

Lists of standards are published about three times a year. (The 
ASA has done no stockpiling but has a good stock on hand and can 
fill most requests. Lists of standards are available, free of 
charge, to anyone.) 






































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AMERICANS UNITED FOR WORLD ORGANIZATION, ISC. 



An American nonpartisan political action group. 

465 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 5-3585 

New York 17, N. Y. 

Ulric Bell, Executive Vice President 

PURPOSE : n To mobilize public sentiment and mass enrollment of 
Americans in a nationwide nonpartisan campaign of action for 
winning a just and enduring peace after victory is gained. 

"To support the immediate establishment of a world organization 
eventually open to all nations with authority to adjust disputes 
and with automatic power to use force to prevent aggression and 
preserve peace. 

"To support those economic plans that will promote a higher stand¬ 
ard of living and a life free from the fear of unemployment for all 
our people. 

"To fight bias and ugly discriminations at home by the recognition 
that there can be no contradictions between our treatment of our 
own racial and religious minorities and the basic democratic 
practices for which we are fighting lest we lose our chance for a 
just and lasting peace. 

"To combat subversive activities; and the propaganda of the de¬ 
featist, reactionary and imperialistic minority at home. 

"To support the candidates of whatever party—who subscribe to 
these principles." (From a pamphlet describing the work of Ameri¬ 
cans United for World Organization) 

ORGANIZATION : Americans United was formed in May, 1944, to 
consolidate the activities of the American Free World Association, 
Citizens for Victory, Committee to Defend America, Fight for 
Freedom, United Nations Association, and United Nations Committee 
for Greater New York. It has a membership of about 4000 direct 
members. This does not include the members of those branches 
which have maintained their own membership lists (such as the 
Indiana Committee for Victory, the Citizens for Victory in Colorado, 
the Massachusetts Committee for World Federation.) The mailing 
material of Americans United goes to all of them either directly or 
through the branch. The Organization is financed by membership and 
individual subscriptions. It is governed by a Board of Directors, 
has a national committee of some 150 members and six standing com¬ 
mittees. Ernest M. Hopkins, President of Dartmouth College, is 
Chairman of the Board of Directors. 





AMERICANS UNITED FOR WORLD ORGANIZATION, INC. -2- 


Americans United cooperates with the following research and educa¬ 
tional organizations: 


Catholic Association for International 
Peace 

Church Peace Union 
Commission to Study the Organization 
of Peace 

Committee for National Morale 
Federal Union 

Citizens Conference on International 
Economic Union 
Council for Social Action 
Food for Freedom 
Freedom House 
Friends of Democracy 
League for Fair Play 


League ot Nations Associ¬ 
ation 

Non-JPartisan Council to 
Win the Peace 
Southern Council on Inter¬ 
national Relations 
Union for Democratic 
Action 

Women's Action Committee 
for Victory and Last¬ 
ing Peace 

World Alliance for Inter¬ 
national Friendship 
through the Churches 
World Citizenship Move¬ 
ment 


Beginning in December, 19^* Americans United sponsored a series of 
regional conferences and public meetings in sixteen cities 
throughout the United States at which State Department speakers 
explained the Dumbarton Oaks proposal. Among the speakers were 
Ambassador Grew, Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, Admiral Edwin C. 

Wilson, and Isaiah Bowman, and Eenjamin Gerig, all Dumbarton Oaks 
delegates. For the OWI, Dr. Hopkins has made a recording for 
shortwave broadcast. Americans United has also gathered for the 
OWI statement8 from key people lor a symposium on refugees. 

In addition to the utilization of all media of publicity, Americans 
United has issued the following statement on its immediate program: 

"To urge acceptance by Congressmen, Senators, the State Department 
and the President, of the principles contained in this statement, 

"To carry on propaganda and the fight for this policy into every 
state and congressional district through local committees. 

"To impress upon our war leaders, at every step, the necessity 
for democratic procedure in dealing with liberated countries. 

"To assemble citizens in groups and forums in every part of the 
country to promote all of these aims." (From a pamphlet describ¬ 
ing the work of Americans United for World Organization) 

MEMBERSHIP : Member - $1.00 

Sustaining member-$5.00 
Sponsor - $10.00 




AMERICANS UNITED FOR WORLD ORGANIZATION, INC 


PUBLICATIONS ; 

Bulletin - issued to members irom time to time. 
Various leaflets and statements of policy. 








THE AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE 


A membership organization for members of the Armed Forces and veterans 
of World War II 0 

nS ££“ J ET Telephone: Plaza 5=0452 

Dennis Wiegand, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE g "Adequate financial,, medical, vocational and educational 
assistance for every veteran; a job for every veteran under a system 
of private enterprise in which business, labor, agriculture and govern¬ 
ment work together to provide full employment and full production for 
the nation; thorough social and economic security; free speech, press, 
worship, assembly and ballot; disarmament of Germany and Japan and the 
elimination of the power of their militarist classes; active partici¬ 
pation of the United States in the United Nations organization to stop 
any threat of aggression and to promote social and economic measures 
which will remove the causes of war; establishment of an international 
veterans council for the furtherance of world peace a nd justice among 
the peoples of all nations u " 

ORGANIZATION g The American Veterans Committee was founded in 1943; a 
bill to grant it a Congressional Charter has been introduced in the United 
States Senate,, In addition to the national headquarters in New York, 
chapters have been formed in Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles 
and are being formed in several other cities 0 

The fundamental idea of the Committee is that those who fight the war 
should have a determining voice in the world which comes out of the 
war 0 Peace, jobs and freedom are its goals 0 

The Committee is increasingly gaining recognition as a spokesman for 
the fighting men of this war 0 Members of the Planning Committee are 
speaking at public meetings and on the air, cooperating with other 
agencies and organizations concerned about the future of America and 
its veterans, telling Congressmen what AVC 8 s members need and what they 
wanto It has set up a legislative research office in ?/ashington and 
an information center to advise returning veterans on jobs, education, 
and claimso The AVC has made it clear that it does not intend to promote 
anything that is of benefit to veterans that is not also of benefit to 
the whole country,, 

The organization is steered by a National Planning Committee which 
meets once a week in New York, and bases its policy decisions on the 
views expressed in chapter meetings and in letters from memberso At 





THE AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE 


=2= 


the Committee’s post-demobilization convention, the Planning Committee 
will pass out of existence and the members will decide democratically 
on officers and on specific means of achieving the Committee’s aims 0 

It is financed by membership dues and by voluntary contributions„ 

The present officers are Dennis Wiegand, executive secretary; Charles 
G. Bolte, chairman of the National Planning Committee; Lincoln W, Lauter- 
stein, vice-chairman; Max Roller, secretary; William J„ Caldwell, treas¬ 
urer o 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; Charles G 0 Bolte, chairman of AVC's National 
Planning Committee, is also chairman of the Veterans Committee of Ameri¬ 
cans United for World Organization. AVC has distributed to its members 
a pamphlet, Statement of Essential Human Rights a printed by Americans 
Unitedo 

The AVC was one of the four veterans organizations invited by the State 
Department to act as consultants to the American delegation at the San 
Francisco conference 0 At this conference, soldiers of many lands, 
under the sponsorship of the AVC, formed a United Nations Veterans 
League to promote world cooperation 0 AVC is anxious to get information 
about veterans organizations abroad and to get in contact with them 0 

MEMBERSHIP8 Membership is limited to those who have participated in 
World War II 0 Dues are $2 o 00 a year for those still in the armed forces 
or merchant marine, and $3<>00 a year for those who have been honorably 
discharged,, Of the Committee’s present 4000 members, the majority is 
still serving overseas 0 


PUBLICATIONS 


Bulletin ., distributed to members twice a month, 
Occasional pamphlets, reprints, etc 0 








AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 


A professional association representing the veterinary profession. 

600 South Michigan Avenue Telephone: Wabash 2U0 

Chicago 5, Illinois 

Dr. J. G. Hardenbergh, Executive Secretary 

1URL0SE: "To advance the science and art of veterinary medicine, 
including their relationship to the public health." (From Article 2 
of its Constitution.) 

ORGANIZATION: The American Veterinary Medical Association was founded 
in 1863. It has sixty constituent associations, namely those in 
the various states, the District of Columbia, t^e nine Canadian 
provinces, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. 

The work of the Association is carried out by several committees, 
of which the most important are those on: education, which inspects 
and accredits veterinary schools and endeavors to promote high 
standards ; legislation, which supports the enactment of laws and 
regulations beneficial to veterinarians and live stock production; 
biological products, which studies biological products and classi¬ 
fies them as acceptable or not; proprietary pharmaceuticals; nutri¬ 
tion; poultry disease, wMch seeks to reduce mortality by improving 
disease control, breeding, feeding and management; vital statistics, 
on animal diseases; food hygiene, which deals with meat inspection; 
brucellosis; humane act award, which the Association makes for some 
exceptional work done on behalf of animals that emphasizes humane 
treatment or kindness to animals; parasitology; nomenclature of 
diseases; research council; separate committees for the diseases 
of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, horses, small animals, 
and wild animals in captivity; national board of veterinary examin¬ 
ers. 

The Committee on Postwar Planning is engaged in the study of such 
] roblems as short refresher courses at veterinary schools for dis¬ 
charged veterinary officers; usefulness of the veterinary profes¬ 
sion and educating the public in regard to its usefulness; extension 
of th e various public health activities, especially meat, milk, 
and dairy inspection; Artificial insemination; group practice, by 
wMch a group of veterinarians working together would be enabled 
to specialize somewhat and take better care of fields now neglected; 
chang. s in agriculture, industry, and animal production, and their 
effects on veterinarians; interneships and veterinary curricula. 

The Association is financed by membership dues. The officers are 
James Farquharson, president; B. T. Simms, president-elect, J. G. 
Hardenbergh, exeuctive secretary; R. C. Klursendorf, assistant 
executive secretary ; J. V. Lacroix, treasurer. 





AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION -2- 


Vi'ARTIME OPERATIONS ; The Association has aided in the procurement 
and assignment of veterinarians for the armed services, and to main¬ 
tain essential civilian services; it has cooperated with several 
governmental agencies and a number of other public administration 
organizations on wartime problems, especially food production. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Besides the constituent societies in 
Canada, Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone, the Association has foreign 
members and foreign corresponding secretaries throughout the world. 

It is, or was, a member of the International Veterinary Congress, 
now lapsed but undoubtedly to be reestablished sifter the war. It 
has a committee on the Inter-American Veterinary Congress eind hopes 
to bring about such a Congress within two or three years. The Associa¬ 
tion exchanges its publications with foreign organizations. 

MR'iBERSHIP : Graduates of approved veterinary colleges are eligible 
for membership. Annual dues, which include a subscription to the 
Journal are $7.00. There are approximately 8,600 members. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Journal of t v e American Veterinary Medical Association , 
monthly. $7.00 a year. 

American Journal of Veterinary Research , quarterly. 

$4.00 a year. 










AMERICAN TEAR-COMMUNITY SERVICES. INC . 

Nonprofit organization coordinating the efforts of six national 
social and health agencies. 

130 East 22nd Street Telephone: Gramercy 3-7823 

New York 10, N. Y. 

Stockton Raymond, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "The purpose of this organization shall be coordina¬ 
tion of the efforts of the member national agencies in: (1) 
securing financial support and public understanding of their 
special 'war service* projects and (2) developing health and 
social services in those communities whose facilities are 
markedly inadequate to cope with war-created needs." (Offi¬ 
cial statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The mobilization of the nation for war caused 
almost immediately profound changes in many communities in 
the United States. Millions of people, including those from 
many racial and cultural backgrounds, were thrust suddenly 
into new and unaccustomed environments. Many communities 
were ill-prepared to meet this huge influx of population. 

Often health and welfare services — even where they existed — 
were swamped. The result, only too often, was family breakdown, 
neglect of children and juvenile delinquency, as well as inter¬ 
racial conflicts and public health problems. The protection of 
the health and welfare of the workers, their families and others 
in these war-swollen communities demanded that something be done. 

Calls for assistance came to national health and welfare 
agencies in increasing volume. Six strong national agencies 
determined to join in the effort to raise necessary funds 
and to provide special war services for the protection of the 
people in war production communities and in areas near mili¬ 
tary camps where the situation was out of hand and help was 
asked. 

American War-Community Services was organized in the late 
spring of 1943, and with its incorporation a board of directors 
of 22 members was formed. The chairman of the board is Henry 
Bruere, president of the Bowery Savings Bank, New York; the 
vice-chairman is Mrs. Ehgene Meyer, wife of the editor and 
publisher of The Washington Post : the treasurer, William H. 
Baldwin, member of Baldwin and Mermey, New York firm of 
public relations counsels; and the executive secretary is 
Stockton Raymond. 






AMERICAN WAR-COMMUNITY SERVICES. INC . -2 


The six national agencies pooling their war services in AW-CS are: 
American Federation of International Institutes, Child Welfare 
League of America, Family Welfare Association of America, National 
Organization for Public Health Nursing, National Urban League, and 
National Board of the Young Women 1 s Christian Association. 

These six agencies represent "a logical coming together of case 
work, group work, service to children, health service and work 
with minorities." Provision is made in AW-CS for the inclusion 
of other agencies with essential war-connected programs. 

AW-CS agencies are promoting a civilian war program designed to 
help local communities which, because of war conditions, need 
help in establishing new health and welfare services or in 
strengthening or adapting existing services to meet war-created 
needs. They have helped to establish or strengthen health and 
welfare organizations in more than 50 communities in 23 states. 

The continuing avenue of cooperative planning and action is the 
service cooperation committee, on which the member agencies are 
represented. This committee meets every two weeks. Representa¬ 
tives of various functional groups, such as housing officials, 
ministerial and labor groups, community chests and councils, 
meet with the service cooperation committee as occasions arise 
to discuss the relationship between their programs and the War- 
Community Service operations. AW-CS has about 30 field workers 
who work directly from the offices of their respective organiza¬ 
tions. 

The coordinating organization is supported entirely by community 
War Chests. The annual budget is allocated among the six agencies 
in specified amounts. 

AW-CS is registered with the President's War Relief Control 
Board. Among the government agencies with which it cooperates 
are the Office of Community War Services of the Federal Security 
Agency, Children's Bureau of the United States Department of 
Labor, President's Committee for Congested Production Areas, 
and other government agencies on the national level and in some 
instances on the local level. 

PUBLICATIONS ; 

Progress Report — a report of two or more pages summariz¬ 
ing AW-CS activities is sent to Community Chests and to others 
three or four times a year. Other publicity material is issued 
from time to time. 







AMERICAN WOMEN'S HOSPITALS 


International medical relief service. 

50 West 50 th Street Telephone: Circle 5-^72^ 

New York 20, N. Y. Cable Address: AWOTAL 

Dr. Esther P. Lovejoy, Chairman 

RTHPOSE: To provide medical aid and services on an international 
scale to areas in need oi relief and to cooperate in every possi¬ 
ble way with organized women of medicine throughout the world. 

OB&ANIZATION: American Women'a Hospitals is the name under which 
the work of the War Service Committee of the Medical Women's 
National Association (now American Medical Women '3 Association) 
was organized in 1917 for the purpose of finding a way to utilize 
the services of American women physicians and surgeons for relief 
work in foreign areas. The organization is registered with the 
President's War Relief Control Board and is a member of the 
American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service through 
which it works with UNHRA. Activities of the organization are 
under the direction of an Executive Board of which Dr. Esther P. 
Love joy is Chairman and Dr. Inez A. Bentley, Treasurer. Among 
the names appearing on the list of members of the Honorary Com¬ 
mittee are those of James Truslow Adams, American historian; 

Carrie Chapman Catt, feminist; Stephan Duggan, Director of the 
Institute of International Education; Henry Noble MscCracken, 
President of Vassar College; Bishop William L. Manning of the 
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York; Captain Mildred H. 
McAfee, Director of the Women's Reserve of the U.S.N.R. and 
President of Wellesley College; Henry Morgenthau, Sr.; Gifford 
Pincbot, former governor of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Franklin D. 
Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States; and Mary 
E. Woolley, President Emeritus of Mount Holyoke College. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: American Women's Hospitals has con- 
ducted training courses and maintained hospitals and clinics in 
various stricken areas throughout the world from the period of 
the last war to the present. Countries in which these aids have 
been maintained include France, Serbia, Albania, Turkey, Armenia, 
Russia, Japan, Greece, China, England, and the Southern Highlands 
of the United States. Through membership in the Medical Women's 
International Association, formed in the years following the 
First World War, the organization has kept in constant touch with 
women physicians and surgeons throughout the world. Representa¬ 
tives were sent to meetings of the Medical Women's International 
Association held every three to five years from 1919 to 1937. 






AMERICAN WOMEN’S HOSPITALS -2- 


WAETIME OPERATIONS: Since 19^0 American Women’s Hospitals has 
participated through the British Medicsl Women's Federation in the 
care of sick and injured civilians in England, Scotland, Wales and 
Northern Ireland, In September, 1939» the Women's Medical Service 
Committee was fonned in France with Dr. G. Montreuil-Straus, 
secretary of the Medical Women's International Association, as 
chairman, American Women's Hospitals shared in the French work by 
providing a fund with which a program was carried on until July, 
19^0. An A.W.H. clinic was reestablished at the Residence Sociale, 
Levallois-Perret, on the outskirts of Paris, where the organiza¬ 
tion had helped to develop a medical center after the last war. 

"In Greece and adjacent countries the A.W.H. service was carried 
on for twenty-four years under the direction of American women 
doctors. A large number of hospitals and clinics were conducted 
over a period of years on the mainland and the islands of Greece 
with a training school for nurses at Kokkinia. During the Italian 
War in 19^0-41 we cooperated with other agencies in the care of 
Greek soldiers and civilians. This service was suspended in July, 
19^1, when the Germans occupied the countly. Since that time we 
have contributed medical supplies distributed in Greece through 
the International Red.Cross. 

"Soon after the Japanese invasion of China in 1937* calls for help 
were received by the A.W.H, Committee from women doctors in differ¬ 
ent parts of that country. With available funds it seemed that the 
best results could be achieved ty providing subsistence salaries 
(food) for Chinese medical women, and the A.W.H. aid for sick and 
injured civilians dated from the early part of 193^. When the 
coastal sections of China were overrun by the enemy, part of the 
population, including American institutions (schools and hospitals) 
moved to the west. Several American women physicians were interned 
in concentration camps and their Chinese associates joined in the 
general exodus. A little later the A.W.H. appeared in Free China, 
and at the present time we are providing salaries, mostly paid in 
food, for twenty highly qualified women doctors and nurses in the 
West China Union University Hospital, Chengtu, Szechuan. 

"In addition to this wartime commitment which we want to expand, 
we expect to renew old connections in France and Greece and re¬ 
sume activities as soon as possible. And in other liberated 
countries we hope to (©operate with national groups of women 
doctors affiliated with the Medical Women's International Associ¬ 
ation in their post-war work." (From "American Women's Hospitals 
Overseas Service," Medical Women's Journal, October, 19^4, by 
Esther P. Lovejoy, M.fl.) 





•AMERICAN WOMEN'S HOSPITALS 


MEMBERSHIP ; Two types; 

(a) A.M.W.A. - ca. I 5 OO women doctors 

(b) Lay (AWH Reserve Corps) - ca. 10,000 

PUBLICATIONS; 


Annual Report - June of each year - made to AMWA. 
Women in M edicine - quarterly - distributed free to 










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ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 


An association of individuals and groups working to secure better 
educational opportunities for children 

1201 16th Street* N 0 W 0 Telephones District 4552 

Washington 6* D 0 C G 

Mary E 0 Leeper* Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE g "To gather and disseminate knowledge of the movement 
for the education of young children; to bring into active coopera- 
tion all childhood education interests g including parent educa¬ 
tion; to promote the progressive type of education in nursery 
school s kindergarten and primary grades* and to raise the standard 
of the professional training for teachers and leaders in this 
field 0 " (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION S The Association for Childhood Education was formed 
through a merger of two organizations of teachers of young chil¬ 
dren, The first of these was the International Kindergarten Union* 
organized in 1892* the first international organization of th® 
kindergarten movemento In 1930 the IKU adopted the present name 
and a new constitution In 1931 the National Council of Primary 
Education 9 organized in 1915s, voted to merge with the ACE 0 

The ACE works through its state and local branches 0 The branches 
hold the voting privileges and it is through their work in local 
communities that the influence of the Association is made effee- 
tive 0 w Most of the local branches have this two-fold programs 
the improvement of the teacher in service; the improvement of 
opportunities for the children of the community 0 W 

The ACE cooperates with national and international organizations 
and with federal agencies„ It is affiliated with: Association 
for Arts in Childhood* Common Council for American Unity* Educa¬ 
tional Press Association of America* General Federation of Women® s 
Clubs* New Education Fellowship* Women’s Joint Congressional Com¬ 
mittee* World Federation of Education Associations 0 The Association 
also cooperates with many other groups such ass American Associa- 
tion of University Women* American Education Fellowship* Council 
on Cooperation in Teacher Education* National Association for Nursery 
Education* National Conference for Cooperation in School Health 
Education* National Congress of Parents and Teachers* National 
Education Association* Wartime Commission of the Children’s Bu¬ 
reau, 





ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION -2= 


OPERATIONS 3 The Washington headquarters and staff of the ACE carry 
on many activities* The branches are assisted through the publi¬ 
cation, Branch Exchange , and through counseling and field service* 
An Individual Information Service is set up to help members* The 
ACE maintains committees and consultants to study and report on 
current educational problems and prepare material for publication*. 

The Association provides channels through which individuals may 
give and receive help with problems affecting children 0 Its other 
activities include theediting and compiling of books and pamphlets 
for children, parents and teachers^ publishing of bulletins and 
a monthly magazine, Childhood Education s conducting national and 
regional conferences featuring study classes and studios* 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g After the first World War, the Inter¬ 
national Kindergarten Union, the predecessor of ACE, helped in 
setting up a kindergarten in France* In the years following the 
war, many kindergartners visited Europe and followed the progress 
of the work* 

The ACE is interested in extending its services abroad and is 
sending materials to Russia, through the Soviet Embassy, and to 
China, through the United China Relief; Educators in a number 
of other countries hold membership in the ACE* It maintains 
contact with the Nursery School Association of Great Britain and 
the New Education Fellowship 0 

MEMBERSHIP : Any group wishing to work for children may form a 
local branch and affiliate with the ACE* Wherever there are 
enough local branches, a state association may be formed, drawing 
its membership from the local branches in the state* 

Local branches pay annual dues to the ACE of 10£ for each member, 
the minimum for any branch being $5o00 and the maximum $50*00* 

State associations pay annual dues of $3o00 regardless of the 
number of member branches* 

Individual memberships Any individual Interested in children may 
become a contributing member and receive membership service by 
paying dues of $2*00 annually* 








ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION -3“ 


PUBLICATIONSg 


Childhood Education f monthly September through May» Subscrip¬ 
tion price $3o50, single copy 40£<, Foreign postage 500 additional„ 

The Branch Exchange , monthly September through May„ Sub¬ 
scription price 75^o 

Many bulletins such ass 

This is Arithmetic 
The Arts and Children J s Living 
Blbno^raphY-Q t Book s for, Children 
Children 8 s Books ° for Fifty Cents or Less 

Portfolio for Nursery School Teachers 

Portfolio, for. Kindergarten Teachers 

Portfolio for Primary Teachers 
Portfolio on Materials for lork and Play 

This Is Science 

About Children ~ Hoi? They Learn. Feel and Grow 

Healthful,.Living for Children 

Social Studies for Children 
Films and Film Strips 

The above is only a partial listing of the most recent publications 0 


































ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES 


Mutual organization for promotion of higher education. 

19 West 44th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 2-4194 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Guy E. Shavely, Executive Director 

HJEPOSE: 11 The purpose of the association shall be the promotion 
of higher education in all its forms in the colleges of liberal 
arts and sciences which shall become members of this associa¬ 
tion, and the prosecution of such plans as may make more effici¬ 
ent the institutions included in its membership." (Statement in 
Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION: The first meeting of the Association was held at the 
Hotel Sherman, Chicago, in 1915* and was attended by 150 college 
presidents. The present membership totals 602 colleges and uni¬ 
versities in the United States and Canada. 

The Association is a strictly mutual, non-profit organization. It 
is not an accrediting agency. Its management is in the hands of a 
board of directors, composed of the president, vice president, 
treasurer, executive director, and four additional members. The 
board of directors meets at least four times annually. The execu¬ 
tive director is responsible for the operation and administration 
of the Association. 

The organization is essentially a clearinghouse for the liberal 
arts colleges, but from time to time it has undertaken collateral 
projects serving some specialized educational purpose, as for ex¬ 
ample, the Library project, the arts program, and the Commission 
on Cultural Relations with Latin-American Countries. 

The arts program, initiated in 193b under a grant from the Carnegie 
Corporation, was conceived as an experimental project looking toward 
the procurement of adequate facilities for the cultural and artis¬ 
tic life on the American college campus. It was felt that colleges 
needed an agency which they might consider their own to procure 
appropriate professional musicians and artists for campus visits. 

Another phase of the arts program is the artists-in-residence plan 
under which the college engages the artist to live on the campus 
and to carry forward his creation without being involved in the 
conduct of formal courses, but he is supposed to be available to 
students and to direct certain of their artistic projects. 





ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES -2- 


The work of the commission on liberal arts reflects one of the 
major preoccupations of the Association — the defense of the 
humanities against various types of "functionalism" or utilitari¬ 
anism which have tended to attack or belittle the place of liberal 
studies in education. 

The Association provides consultative and advisory service on col¬ 
lege administration and education, maintains a reference circulating 
library, and conducts research in problems of the curriculum, music 
and the college library. The activities of the Association are pure¬ 
ly domestic. 

M1MBERSHIP: Only liberal arts colleges of high standing are eligi- 
ble for admission to membership. There are two classes of member¬ 
ship in the Association: (l) colleges of liberal arts and sciences 
which may be duly elected to membership in the Association after 
recommendation by the Board of Directors, and (2) honorary member¬ 
ship. The last-mentioned includes "general secretaries of church 
boards of education and officials of educational foundations and 
other cooperating agencies" who have been elected to that status. 
.Annual dues are ^ 0,00 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Association of American Colleges Bulletin - a quarterly - $3 
a year 

Books are published from time to time under the auspices of 
the Association. 














THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAMC ) 

A voluntary federation of medical colleges in the U Q S 0 A 0 and Canada„ 

5 South Wabash Avenue Telephones State 9337 

Chicago 3, Illo 


Dr 0 Fred C 0 Zapffe, Secretary 

PURPQSE g To promote and maintain standards of medical education 0 

ORGANIZATION ; The Association was begun in 1876 and has functioned 
continuously since 1890 o It embraces 77 schools of medicine in the 
UoS 0 Ao (which is all but one in the country), seven schools in Canada 
and one in the Philippines 0 There is an Executive Council of eight mem¬ 
bers and the following officers: A 0 C 0 Furstenberg, president, University 
of Michigan; John Walker Moore, president-elect, University of Louisville; 
Wm 0 So McEllroy, vice-president, University of Pittsburgh; Fred C 0 Zapffe, 
secretary; A 0 C 0 Bachmeyer, treasurer, University of ChicagOo It is a 
member of the American Council on Education 0 

The AAMC is primarily concerned with setting and maintaining standards 
of medical education 0 It also acts as a clearing house of information and 
holds an annual convention which gives its members the opportunity of 
meeting with colleagues to discuss problems and subjects of mutual interest 0 
The Executive Council meets quarterly,, 

Realizing that the demands of the Armed Forces for doctors would be on 
an unprecedented scale, the Association early in 1941 began to urge the 
schools to take more students and to accelerate their courses as well as 
to lower their requirements to the minimum,, 

PUBLICATION g The Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges . 
bi-monthlyo 

























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ASSOCIATION OF IRON A ND STEEL ENGINEERS 

A non-profit organization of engineers in the iron and steel industry,, 

1010 Sapire Building Telephones Atlantic 6323 

Pittsburgh 22 p Pa 0 


Brent “Wiley,;, Managing Director 

PURPOSE; To advance the engineering sciences and operating practice 
within the iron and steel industry P by services to its members in the 
form of publicationsp meetings^ development of standards^ and inspec¬ 
tion of steel plants and exhibits of recent developments of appliances 
as used in the industry., 


ORGANIZATION .? The Association of Iron and Steel Engineers was founded 
in 1907 as the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers. 

The name was changed to the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers 
in 1936p as the activities had so broadened that practically every 
branch of engineering was included. The membership at present is ap¬ 
proximately 3000 individual members 0 The Association receives no do- 
nationsp but is self-supporting 9 and exists solely for service to 
its members^ and 9 indirectly to the industry.. 


The activities of the Association include an annual Convention and 
Iron and Steel Exposition a spring engineering conference and in=> 
spection trips to steel plants 0 

The Association consists of engineering divisions including g mecha~ 
nicalp electricalp combustion and lubrication^ and also operating prac¬ 
tice. 


There are seven sectional offices at Birmingham v Alabama? Buffalo., New 
lork? Chicagop Illinois? Cleveland. Ohio? Detroit 9 Michigan? Philadel¬ 
phia and Pittsburghp Pennsylvania. Each of the District Sections hold 
five or six technical meetings during the winter and spring season. 

The Association is a member of the American Standards Association. It 
is governed by a Board of Directors s which includes the following 
officers? presidentp J. L 0 Hiller p Republic Steel Corporation? 2nd 
vice presidentp Freeman H. Dykes Wheeling Steel Corporation? treasurer 9 
William A. Perry s Inland Steel Company^ secretaryp A. J u Fisher 9 
Bethlehem Steel Company. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ? The Association prepared a special publication/ 
The Modern Sirin Mill containing information about 28 large American 
mills. The study of this information assisted materially in modifying 
the strip mills to produce platep thus more than doubling the monthly 
production and greatly speeding the war effort. The Association also 








As$ocaixiQg.H 


financed research work in regard to the development of standard specie 
fixations for heavy duty cranes which resulted in the material reduca¬ 
tion in the weight of cranes and other improvements 0 


in 21 countrieso 


j & m rass * 


Before the war the Association had members 


Technical information was sent to our allies with government permission 
to persons stipulated by the government 0 The Soviet government has 
ordered approximately 125 subscriptions to the Association”.s standard 
publication* 


The Association is interested in building up* by financial donation* 
the Carnegie Library* particularly in reference to recent foreign tech¬ 
nical material relating to scientific developments in the industry 0 


i„* monthly journal, containing ap¬ 
proximately 80 technical papers each year 0 $7<>50 per year to non- 
members* price in U, S 0 A. $7*50j in Canada $8^25j in foreign coun¬ 
tries $10o00 per year 0 


Yearly proceedings of the Association of Iron and Steel 2ngineers 0 
This yearbook includes the technical material as published in the Iron 
and Steel Engineer ., 









THE ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR LEAGUES OF AMERICA, INC. 

An invitational organization for young -women with a program built 
on the principles of preparation for intelligent citizenship 
through volunteer service and education in social, civic and cul¬ 
tural fields. 

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Telephone: Eldorado 5-4380 

Park Avenue at 49th Street 
New York 22, N. Y. 

Mrs. C. H. L. Pennock, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To foster interest among its members in the social, 

economic, educational, cultural and civic conditions of the com¬ 
munity, and to make efficient their volunteer service." (Bylaws, 
Article II) 

"It represents a serious endeavor on the part of young women to 
become active and constructive factors in the communities in which 
they live, to be intelligent citizens, and to assist in promoting 
human welfare. In addition to providing the member with channels 
of work and training for volunteer service, the Junior League helps 
her to realize two vital concepts - (1) that she is not an onlook¬ 
er, but is herself a part of the community - (2) that the com¬ 
munity, in turn, is not an isolated unit but part of the nation 
and of the world." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The first Junior League was founded in New York 
City in 1901, and in 1921 the Association of Junior Leagues of 
America, Inc., was founded by the 30 Junior Leagues then in exis¬ 
tence. There are now 157 member Leagues with more than 40,000 mem¬ 
bers. 

A new member is invited to join a League at about the age of 18, and 
her active membership is automatically ended at the age of 40. A 
new member is required to take a provisional training course "to 
make her aware of her responsibilities as a citizen" and "successful 
completion of the course together with an apprentice period served 
in any community agency of the member’s choice, constitutes active 
membership." 

(The training course "includes a critical view of her city, its 
physical and industrial characteristics, its population make-up, its 
government, its educational facilities, acquaintance with its pub¬ 
lic and private health and welfare agencies, its labor groups and 
its religious groups. The course is usually given by competent lay 
and professional community leaders.”) 





THE ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR LEAGUES OF AMERICA, INC 


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"From that time, the Junior League member develops into a worth¬ 
while contributing force in the life of her city, working her way 
up through the ranks of volunteer service by the career method, 
to final promotion to positions of real responsibility as a 
board member of various cultural, civic and welfare agencies." 
(Official statement) 

The Association, central body of the 157 Leagues, is directed by 
a board of 14 elected representatives. Its professional staff 
provides specialized field service to the local Leagues in wel¬ 
fare work, education, the arts, including children’s theatre, 
radio, ways and means and public relations. It publishes a 
monthly periodical in addition to materials on various aspects 
of the Junior League progrem. 

Most Leagues sponsor or finance a service which fills some need 
in the community. Typical League projects have included the 
maintenance of medical social work and occupational therapy de¬ 
partments in hospitals, various clinics (prenatal, well-baby, 
dental, etc.), summer camps, child guidance consultation ser¬ 
vices, recreation centers, community children's theatres, music 
and art projects with public schools, and bhildren*s radio programs. 

Projects for -which Leagues are financially responsible cost approxi¬ 
mately $500,000 annually. Leagues support their program out of sur¬ 
plus funds where available, in order to avoid raising money through 
public benefit events any more often than is necessary. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: During the war. Leagues have intensified their 
basic plan of volunteer service by adding service to the various 
war agencies. The Association "emphasizes the recruitment of all 
available members into the women's armed services or into paid 
industrial employment — either part-time or full-time — where 
family circumstances permit." (Official statement) 

MEMBERSHIP : Invitational. Membership dues average $12 a year. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

The Junior League Magazine — monthly; $1.50 a year. 

Junior League Handbook of Information — 1942 edition; 50^. 

The Junior League Volunteer 15/. 

Junior League Public Relations in War — free. 

A~Handbook of Children's Theatre -- 40^. 

Design for Tomorrow — educational material; $1. 

Children* s Theatre Catalogue -- plays; 50^, 

Arts and Our Town : A Plan for a Community Cultural Study; 20^. 
Sasic ProvisionaT Course Outline -- $1. 

Know Your America — resource material for Junior League edu¬ 
cational programs; free• 
















THE AUTHORS« flUTTfl 

of The Authors’ League of America, Inc. 

An organization devoted to the promotion of the interests of American book 
and magazine writers, 

6 East 39th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 5=6930 

New York 16, N. Y 0 ^ 


Rex T 0 Stout, President 

PURPOSE: The purpose of The Authors' Guild is to promote the professional 
and business interests of its members, 

ORGANIZATION: The Authors’ Guild is a non-partisan, non-political or¬ 
ganization, founded in 1912, It now has a membership of over 1600 in all 
48 states and in Hawaii 0 It functions, democratically through a president, 

Rex T, Stout; a vice-president, Christopher LaFarge; a secretary, Kurt 
Steel; and a Council of 30 members which is elected periodically by the 
full membership of the Guild, It maintains a paid staff, employs legal 
counsel as required in matters of copyright, censorship and similar prob¬ 
lems, It works closely with the other three guilds that compose the 
Authors' League of America and furnishes to its members the information 
services of the other guilds. 

The Guild works directly for the individual author member by: examining 
contracts and advising on them; providing a model contract and a ~ U forms 
of copyright assignment; collecting current confidential information on 
the reputation and standing of publishing houses, magazines, agents, etc,; 
furnishing periodically a manuscript market list; providing a clearing¬ 
house of professional inf ormation; inf ormating; writ era *of unethical practices 
by those with whom they are asked to deal, and helping to get redress for 
any writer victimized by them. 

The Guild also works for the whole group of guilds which compose the 
Authors' League by: distributing to all members a confidential monthly 
Bulletin , published in association with the other guilds; fighting for 
better copyright laws, both domestic and international; opposing improper 
censorship activities by any and all agencies; establishing the principle 
that each exploiter of a writer's material shall handle for profit only those 
rights which it is his business to exploit; insisting on a minimum standard of 
practice by editors and publishers in their business relationships with authors; 
defining the position of authors as regards rights in mediums not yet developed, 
especially television, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The international activities of the Authors 0 Guild 
are carried on through the agency of the Authors’ League of America, Inc, 

PUBLICATIONS : The Authors’ Guild distributes to all members of the Authors’ 
League a monthly confidential Bulletin of approximately 36 pages, published 
in association with the other member guilds. 










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THE AUTHORS 1 LEAGUE OF AMERICA 

An organization devoted to the promotion of the interests of American 
creative writers Q 

6 East 29th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 5-6930 

New York 16, N, Y a 


Russel Crouse, President 

PURPOSE : "The Authors' League works for the special interest of the 
individual writer by its protection and promotion of the professional 
and business interests of all American writers as a cohesive group, and 
by its readiness to forestall any threat to those interests,," (Official 
Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Authors' League was established in 1912 and is com¬ 
posed of the following member guilds: Authors 5 Guild, Dramatists' Guild, 
and the Radio Writers' Guild, The Screen Writers' Guild, Inc„ is an 
affiliate of the Authors' League, Guild members are members of the 
League and are divided into 'active* and 'associate' members. Meetings 
of the League are held biennially. 

The general management, direction and control of affairs, funds and 
property of the member guilds are vested in a Council of approximately 
35 persons, elected on a quota basis by the member guilds. The officers 
of the League, who are also ex-officio members of the Council, are: Russel 
Crouse, president; Fannie Hurst, vice-president; Arthur Schwartz, treasurer; 
and Luise M, Sillcox, executive secretary, 

OPERATIONS : The program of the League includes: the procuring of adequate 
copyright legislation, both international and domestic, and of better copy¬ 
right relations between the United States and other countries; the promotion 
of fair dealings and cordial relationship among the members of the League, 
and between members and employers or purchasers of their material; the 
procurement of better working conditions for its members and payment 
for their work commensurate with its value; the promotion of equitable 
adjustment of all disputes relating to the professional work of members; 
the dissemination of information as to the rights and interests of members; 
the establishment and enforcement of standard minimum contracts, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Before the war, the League was in contact with 
authors' organizations in various parts of the world. Contact with those 
in occupied countries was broken, but with others, such as the Russian 
Authors' Society, it was maintained throughout the war. The League hopes 
to obtain information about other national authors' organizations; also 
needs information in regard to publishers and writers. 







THE AUTHOR^ LEAGUE p Q M M gA =2- 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership in the League is open to authors upon approval by 
the Councilo The Council has authority to assign individual members to 
specific member guilds*, Membership dues for those who are also members 
of the Authors' Guild are $15<,00 per year 0 The dues of all other active 
members are $10 o 00 per year 0 The dues of all associate members are $8„00 
per year*, 

PUBLICATIONS ; The League, through its member Authors' Guild, publishes 
and distributes to members a monthly Bulletin ,, It also occasionally issues 
leaflets describing the organization and its objectives 0 






BELGIAN WAR RELIEF SOCIETY. INC. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

The official Belgian relief organization in the United States. 

52 William St. Telephone: Hanover 2-3592 

New York, N. Y. 

Major William Wickham Hoffman, Fresident and 
Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "To furnish aid and assistance for the relief of human 
suffering in Belgium and for the relief and rehabilitation of war 
refugees from Belgium." (from Annual Report for 1943) 

ORGANIZATION : The Society is a member of the National War Fund and 
a contributing agency of the American Council of Voluntary Agencies 
for Foreign Service. It was incorporated in 1942, through a merger 
of the then-existing Belgian relief organizations: Belgians in 
Britain, Belgian Seamen’s Relief Fund, Parcels for Belgian Prisoners. 
In June 1943 a new agency: FHends of Belgium, was formed, since 
the relief work of the Society had expanded. The Society and its 
agencies operate with a very small staff of paid workers, the majority 
of the work being done by volunteers. 

The Society has carried on much relief work, and from its beginning 
was organized to handle relief when Belgium was liberated. One of 
the primary functions of the Society was to publicize the plight 
of Belgium throughout America, and to stimulate interest in giving 
aid. Activities have been carried on to maintain the morale of 
Belgian service men in the Allied Forces, for example: a shipment 
of one million cigarettes was made to Belgian seamen in the Royal 
Navy. Large shipments of clothing have already been sent abroad. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : An important phase of the Society’s 
current activities came as a result of Major Hoffman's trip to 
Belgium. He was the first American civilian to go to Belgium af¬ 
ter its liberation. 

While there, he formed a special Belgian committee of nine, re¬ 
presenting leading child welfare, church and labor groups, supple¬ 
mented by medical authorities. This committee is headed by George 
Theunis, former Belgian Frime Minister and Ambassador-at-Large in 
this country until the liberation. Through Mr. Theunis the Society 
maintains active relations with private relief organizations in 
Belgium, and channels its relief services through the agencies best 
able to carry out each program. Much generous cooperation has been 







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obtained from all sources in Belgium. Relief services there have 
warehouses and workrooms placed at their disposal, and trucks have 
been donated to t^em. All shipping projects are cleared with the 
Belgian government through the Minister of Supply who is at present 
in the United States. 

RELATIONS KITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS : The Society acts as a clearing 
house for all private relief organizations in the United States 
operating in Belgium. 

IUBLICATIONS: 


Annual Rei-ort 
Bravest of All -- 







BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION 


An interprofessional organization of photographers in the biological 
sciences„ 

Miss Anne Shiras 
Magee Hospital 
Pittsburgh 13, Pa c 


Anne Shiras, Secretary 

PURPOSE ? "To advance the technique of biological photography and 
foster the exchange of ideas among members„ n 

ORGANIZATION ; The Association was organized in 1931 and has 450 members 
including photographers, scientists, physicians, dentists, anJ techni¬ 
cians in the United States and abroad 0 Its president is Ferdinand R 0 
Harding, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass,, It is financed by the dues 
and contributions of its members 0 

OPERATIONS : The principle activity of the Association is the annual 
convention constituting a three-day review of the year’s developments 
in scientific photography,, Papers on new processes and materials are 
presentedo The Print Salon exhibits the best work of members and invited 
guests and the Technical Exhibit displays the latest apparatus and light 
sensitive materials,, Selections from the annual salons are chosen 
for a Traveling Salon which is loaned to members for local showing„ The 
Association also loans for study print albums with technical descriptions 
of methods used, illustrating the procedures used in various fields of 
biological photography,, Through the office of the Secretary, answers 
to questions in biological photography are supplied by qualified members,, 

The Journal of the Biological Photographic Association is the only 
existing publication in the fieldo Back numbers and complete volumes 
are available of most issues and articles„ The complete Journal is 
being recorded on microfilm, and photostat or microfilm copies can be 
, obtained from the American Documentation Institute 0 

MEMBERSHIP : Regular - $3o00 
Foreign - $3o50 
Sustaining - $10„00 

PUBLICATIONS ? Journal of the Biological Pho tographic Association, 
quarterly, $3o00 per year 0 
























B»NAI B»RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS 


A National Jewish student service organization dedicated to giving 
the Jewish collegiate body a more intelligent understanding of 
its people and its faitho 

605 East Green St 0 
Champaign 3 Ill 0 


Dr 0 Abram L 0 Sachar, National Director 

PURPOSE § lo "To prepare college students to assume positions 
of responsibility in our American democracy,, 

2 0 "To give Jewish students intelligent and adequate 
preparation for participation and leadership in the Jewish com- 
munity 0 " (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION ; The first Hill el unit was established at the Uni- 
versity of Illinois in 1923 by B’nai B 0 rith o It took its name 
from the celebrated Jewish scholar and teacher of the first century 
Bo Co Hillel now functions on 118 college and university campuses 
in the U 0 S 0 and Canada* serving more than 50*000 students as 
well as members of the armed forces at present on these campuses 0 

Hillel units are of two kinds? 

lo Forty-eight full fledged Foundations serve universities 
where the Jewish registration is substantial 0 Each Foundation 
has a full-time director* usually a Rabbi specially trained for 
youth work and with academic background that would qualify him 
for faculty status 0 Foundations are housed in owned or rented 
quarters which have facilities for religious worship* cultural 
activities and social functions 0 

2 0 Counselorships* maintained at 70 colleges and universities* 
are established on campuses where the number of Jewish students 
is not large enough to warrant the presence of a full-time direc¬ 
tor 0 The counselor is usually a Rabbi who occupies a pulpit 
within convenient distance of the college and who frequently 
visits the college. 

Directors counselors are from every sphere of Jarish thought 
and they represent every rabbinical seminary in America 0 Every 
second year directors and counselors meet in a midwest co mm unity 
for a two-day discussion of their problems and techniques u 





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In the Hillel units the students carry the responsibility for 
planning and implementing the activities program„ Leadership 
is vested in a democratically elected student council or cabinet. 

The professional directors are present as guides. 

The national governing body is the Hillel Foundation Commission, 
composed of about 15 members 0 This body makes decisions on 
allocations of budgets, appointments of Hillel units, and other 
matters brought before it by the national director. The chairman 
of the Commission is the president of the B fl nai B°rith. 

Foundations are supported from the Wider Scope Fund of B°nai 
B'rith, a fund to which contributions come from federations and 
welfare funds, from private donations, and from B°nai B°rith con¬ 
stituencies. Most of the counselorships are financed through 
more local support; B u nai B°rith districts, local lodges and women 0 s 
auxiliaries, and community allocations supply the largestpart of 
the budgetso On most campuses the students pay nominal member¬ 
ship fees, which are used to finance part of the student activities 0 

OPERATIONS g The Hillel program usually has six main phases — 
religious, cultural, social, community service, personal guidance, 
and interfaith. The cultural phase plays an important role in 
the curricular and extra-curricular life of the university. j 
Every Hillel Foundation sponsors courses in Hebrew, ethics, Jewish 
history i and literature, Jewish philosophy, and other subjects, 
and in many instances these courses are credited toward university 
requirements. Most foundations also sponsor lecture courses and 
forumso Hillel units are widely known for their work in debate 
and oratory, and in dramatics and music 0 

On most campuses there are Interfaith Student Councils with re¬ 
presentatives from each of the religious denominations, and also 
Religious Workers Associations composed of directors of religious 
work, who confer on problems of mutual interest. Hillel partici¬ 
pates in both groups. Hillel meetings, courses and social func¬ 
tions are well attended by Christian students and the exchange of 
ideas is encouraged by the Foundations. The Hillel Foundation 
Commission has established several Inter-faith Memorial Fellow¬ 
ships to pay tribute to outstanding Christian leaders. 

Hillel student loans and work scholarships have made it possible 
for many needy students to continue their studies; and Hillel 
funds have in late years provided university tuition for a num¬ 
ber of Jewish refugees in this country. 




B»NAI B°RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS -3 


PUBLICATIONS; From time to time the national office issues a 
mimeographed pamphlet,, Clearing House o a project-clearance medium 
for Hillel directors and counselors and others engaged in Jewish 
youth work s several bulletins which go to all Hillel Units; and 
a brochure^ Hillel 0 








BOYS 1 CUJBS OF AMERICA, INC . 

A national nonsectarian organization serving boys. 

381 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 4-71g7 

New York lb, N. Y. 

David W. Armstrong, Executive Director 

HJHPOSE: To guide boys in health, physical, mental, vocational, 
social and character development; to provide a constructive inter¬ 
est for hoys; to develop body, brain and hand; to provide an 
association between leaders and boys. 

OHjANIZATION : America's boys' clubs, which have been in existence 
for more than three-quarters of a century, were federated into 
this national organization in 1906. The national staff, number¬ 
ing 35 employees, provides six major advisory services (field, 
program, personnel, building, publicity and finance) to the 25 O 
local clubs located in 1&5 cities of the United States. 

The national organization operates under the guidance ol national 
officers, a board of directors, a paid executive director and his 
staff. An independent organization, it is a member of the 
Associated Youth-Serving Organizations, National Education-Recre¬ 
ation Council, and National Social Work Council. 

The local clubs (which range in number of members from 100 to 
10,000 and average 1 , 000 ) have a total membership of more than 
250 , 000 , net assets of more than $ 25 , 000 , 000 , and yearly operating 
budgets totalling more than $3,000,000. Each local club has its 
own building. Members range between the ages of eight and 20 years. 

Each club is managed by a local board of directors and supported by 
the citizens of the community through Conmunity Chest funis or 
direct voluntary gifts. 

The Boys' Club program includes the following: recreational train¬ 
ing tPhysical and health training, medical examinations and correc¬ 
tion of physical defects, library activities, prevocational train¬ 
ing, vocational and educational guidance. Boy Scout and other group 
activities, and summer camps and playgrounds. 

The organization works especially with boys from low-incane families 
in the cities and larger towns. Boys' Club buildings are located 
either in low-income areas or where they are easily accessible to 
boys from those areas. Boys' Club buildings are open every day in 
the week, and any member may find recreation, companionship and 
constructive activity in the clubs at any time, without restriction 
to specific hours or periods. 





BOYS 1 CLUBS OF AMERICA, INC. -2- 


The national body is proud of the fact that 125,000 of its members 
and former members are in the armed forces; that there has been a 
reduction in juvenile delinquency wherever a Boys' Club has been 
organized; that the percentage of failures to pass Army physical 
examinations has been very low among Boys' Club members in compari¬ 
son with that in the boy population generally. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The organization has an official affili- 
ation with the Boys' Club Federation of Canada and has a close rela¬ 
tionship with the National Association of Boys' Clubs of England, 
which includes the British Isles, Channel Islands, East Africa, 
Australia, New Zealand and Ceylon. 

The American association has contacts with boys' clubs and indi¬ 
viduals in New Zealand and Australia and sends its publications 
to a fair-sized mailing list in those countries. It has often 
been asked by New Zealand and Australian groups for plans for club 
buildings, etc. 

At the request of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the 
American group has from time to time supplied information on its 
methods to be sent to groups in Latin-American countries. Its 
mailing list also includes names of groups and individuals in 
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Chile and Argentina. 

In all, the organization has about 200 foreign periodical exchanges. 

The American association has been host, on numerous occasions to 
officials of foreign organizations for boys. 

It will be glad to furnish information to interested groups and 
individuals abroad concerning its purposes, policies, programs, 
and methods. 

WAR OPERATIONS : The association has instituted a pre-service pro¬ 
gram as preparation for military service in its physical and 
health training program. As a part of its "Victory Program", it 
assists various government agencies with special projects such as 
salvage collection and the sale of war bonds. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership fee is 25 cents to $2.00 a year, depend- 
ing upon the age of the boy. Although the age limits are eight 
to 20, boys under If predominate because the organization seeks 
especially to train and guide younger boys. Especially in the 
South, but to some extent in the North, there are clubs composed 
of Negro boys. 







BOYS 1 CLUBS OF AMERICA t INC . .3- 


PUBLICATIONS * 

Boysclub Bulletin — published three times a year; distri¬ 
buted free; four pages; sent to all on organization’s foreign 
mailing list. 

Victory Courier — published monthly; distributed free; 
li°t^ P a S es > sent to all on organization’s foreign mailing 

Program Service — published monthly; distributed free to 
*11 clubs. This is a folder dealing with club programs and 
methods. 

What Is A Boysclub? — booklet; free; 16 pages. 

A...Growing Manpower Pool — folder; free; four pages. 

Although the organization distributes many booklets and folders 
(such as Vocational Guidance i n Boys' Clubs and Increasing the 
Efficiency of Boys’ Clubs in Preventing Juvenile Delinquency ^. 

it makes available no complete list of titles. 





















BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 


A national, Congress-chartered corporation for the promotion of 
character building and citizenship training of American boys. 

2 Park Avenue Telephone: Lexington 2-3200 

New York 16, N. Y. Cable Address: BOYSCAMER 

Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell, Chief Scout Executive 

PURPOSE : "To promote, through organization and cooperation with 
other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves 
and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them 
patriotism, courage, self-reliance and kindred virtues, using 
the methods which are now in common use by Boy Scouts, by placing 
emphasis upon the Scout oath and law for character development, 
citizenship training and physical fitness.” (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : Information which William D. Boyce, a Chicago 
publisher, brought from Ehgland in 1909 about the British Scout 
movement (organized the year before) led to the incorporation of 
the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Ihe national council was 
established in 1911, and the organization received a federal 
charter from Congress in 1916. 

f 

There are now 1,866,000 members (384,000 of whom are men) in 
55,354 units in the USA and its possessions. In the 35 years 
of its history, the Boy Scouts of America has had 12,000,000 
members. 

The last six presidents of the USA have held the honorary presi¬ 
dency of the Boy Scouts. National officers, an advisory council, 
an executive board and a paid staff direct the work of the 
organization. 

The national council promotes the Scout program through the com¬ 
mittees and staffs of 12 regions now comprising 540 local councils 
in the USA, Hawaii, Puerto Rifco and the Canal Zone. The local 
council is a group of citizens representing the educational, 
religious and business interests of the community, chartered an¬ 
nually to serve as the representatives of the Boy Scouts in the 
territory covered by the council charter. 

The local council is responsible for the Scout program, personnel, 
training, camping supervision and troop sponsorship and leader¬ 
ship in its territory. Ihch adult organization sponsoring a Scout 
unit has a representative on the local council. 





BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -2 


The Boy Scouts cooperate with, and units are sponsored by, such 
organizations as the Catholic Church, Protestant churches, Sal¬ 
vation Army, Jewish institutions, Mormon Church, service clubs, 
societies, veterans and fraternal groups, community and civic 
groups, and schools. 

Scouting is a long-span program including Cub Scouting (a program 
of home-centered activities for boys 9 to 11)5 Boy Scouting, for 
boys of 12 and older; and Senior Scouting (Sea Scouting, Air 
Scouting and Explorer Scouting), for boys 15 and older. 

Current special activities (in reality, emphasis on certain 
features of the Boy Scout essential training) are: (l) camping; 

(2) physical fitness; and (3) character (development and citizen¬ 
ship training. 

The national office is maintained by registration fees of boys 
and leaders, earnings from business operations, special contri¬ 
butions and income from invested funds. 

It maintains a headquarters library consisting largely of 
technical books on outdoor life and boys' activities. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Boy Scouts of America is affiliated 
with the Boy Scouts International Bureau, 38 Buckingham Palace 
Road, London, S. W. 1, England, and is represented on the inter¬ 
national committee which supervises the International Bureau. 

The Boy Scouts of America is one of about 50 national Boy Scout 
organizations that, before the war, were registered with and 
recognized by the International Bureau, which is not a commit¬ 
tee of authority. (After recognition by the International 
Bureau, the Boy Scout organizations in the various countries 
are autonomous.) 

American Scouts participated in world Scout jamborees in England 
in 1920, in Denmark in 1924, in England in 1929, in Hungary in 
1933, and in Holland in 1937. Their officials participated in 
international Scout conferences in England in 1920, in France 
in 1922, in Denmark in 1924, in Switzerland in 1926, in England 
in 1929, in Austria in 1931, in Hungary in 1933, in Sweden in 
1935, in Holland in 1937, in Scotland in 1939. 

Boy Scouts of this country correspond with those in other 
countries, exchange organization periodicals, send exhibit 
material to England and Canada, make an annual contribution to 
the Boy Scout International Bureau, and permit Scout representa¬ 
tives of other countries to attend training courses given at the 




BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -3- 


national training center at the Mortimer L. Schiff Manorial Scout 
Reservation near Morristown, New Jersey. They have been host to 
numerous Scout officials and groups from other countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS AND POSTWAR PLANS : During February, 1945, the 
Boy Scouts of America celebrated their 35th anniversary with inter¬ 
national emphasis (theme of the celebration: "Scouts of the World — 
Brothers Together"). Participating in one or more radio broadcasts 
were Scouting, government and military leaders of several of the 
United Nations. 

After liberation of the Philippines, American Scouts will aid in 
restoration of the Scout movement there. 

Eager to obtain information concerning the present whereabouts of 
Scout leaders in several European countries and North Africa, Ameri¬ 
can Scout officials will welcome whatever such data OWI Outposts can 
uncover. 

The organization has engaged in 60 different projects at the request 
of governmental agencies since the beginning of the war: Scouts 
have collected paper and metal scrap, taken orders for war bonds, 
cooperated in 210 communities where Scouts assist with playground 
and recreation programs and serve as messengers and receptionists 
at war housing centers, assisted in food production and conserva¬ 
tion, distributed government material, chiefly posters, and served 
as dispatch bearers. 

Because of the paper shortage, BSA has not stockpiled its publica¬ 
tions. 

MEMBERSHIP : Open to any American boy nine years of age or over on 
payment of 50£ registration fee, and to adults on payment of $1 
registration fee. 

PUBLICATIONS : A five-page mimeographed price list of publications 
is available upon request. 

Bovs* Life (The Boy Scouts' Magazine) — monthly; 20£ a copy; 

$2 a year. 

Scouting — monthly except July and August; provided to all 
registered adult Scouts; $1 a year for others. 

Cub Leaders' Round Table — monthly except March and August; 

5£ a copy; 25£ a year. 

The Scout Executive — monthly except May, July and August. 

The Local Council Exchange — for laymen; quarterly; 25 i a 
copy; $1 a year. 













CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC. 


An organization for girls offering a "program of fun that is character 
huilding." 

88 Lexington Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 4-5753 

New York lb, N. Y. 

Martha F. Allen, Secretary and National Executive 

HJHPOSE : "To provide opportunities for girls to have fun, make friends, 
acquire creative skills in arts and crafts, and experience the demo¬ 
cratic process in small, self-motivated groups toward the development of 
total personality and a consciousness of home and community responsibili¬ 
ty." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : Camp Eire Girls was founded in 1910 (and incorporated in 
1912) by a group of citizens, among them the educator Luther Halsey 
Gulick and his wife, in answer to the growing demand for a plan for 
constructive leisure time activities for girls. Since its founding 
"there have been more than two million Camp Fire Girls, most of them in 
the United States, a good many in England, and some in a number of other 
countries." 

The national council, which meets annually, is made up of delegates from 
each local council. The council elects a national board of directors 
which meets twice annually. The national council maintains a national 
headquarters under the supervision of a national executive employed by 
the board of directors. The national headquarters staff, through publi¬ 
cations, executives' conferences, district committee and national 
council meetings, individual correspondence and the visits of its 
national field secretaries gives advisory service to local councils. 

The national officers are Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, honorary president; 
Hon. Herbert Hoover, honorary vice-president; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 
honorary chairman of advisory council. Other officers are: Dr. Bernice 
Baxter, president; Mrs. Quade C. Weld, 1st vice-president; Earl W. Bradley, 
treasurer; Martha F. Allen, secretary and national executive. 

The work of the national headquarters is financed by membership dues from 
the sale of its literature and materials. 

Camp Fire Girls range in age from 10 to l4, Blue Birds from 7 to 10, 
Horizon Club Girls l4 to 18, Assistant Guardians, and Guardians 18 —. 

The programs of these groups are programs 0 f "learning by doing" 
and embrace the seven crafts — home, health, hand, camping, nature, 
business and citizenship. Some activities are individual, according to 
special interests, and many things are done by the group together. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : Based on the Camp Fire Girls' Law, "Give Service", 

Camp Fire Girls are engaged in distributing posters and pamphlets and 
in performing messenger services for Civilian Defense; in assisting 
rationing boards; collecting tin cans, grease rags, and other materials; 






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selling war bonds in booths, stores, theatres, etc.; making war stamp 
corsages; giving programs, rallies, playlets to publicize war stamp 
sales; collecting books and records for USO's and service hospitals and 
in making scrap books, quiz boards and cookies for them; in knitting and 
sewing and making bandages for the Red Cross; in taking Red Cross courses 
in Home Nursing and the Junior Red Cross First Aid Course; working for 
welfare and war relief agencies; acting as hospital aides, child care 
aides, farm aides, and recreational therapy aides, etc. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS: Camp Fire Girls have had groups in 33 countries, 
though they have not had an established international organization. Out¬ 
side of the United States the movement is most active in England. Ameri¬ 
cans abroad who have been interested have started the groups of Camp Fire 
Girls in the other countries. Supplies, such as membership insignia, 
jewelry, pins, honor beads, etc., are sent from the national headquarters 
and all printed material is supplied free. No dues are paid by overseas 
groups to the United States organization. 

For OWI Camp Fire Girls has made recordings for short wave broadcasts, 
furnished numerous pictures, and contributed one story a week. 

After the war Camp Fire Girls expects to organize actively in England, 
the Philippines, South America and in other countries as interest is 
shown and leadership assured. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is open to any girl ten years of age or older. 

It requires getting together a group of six or more girls (not more than 
twenty), an older friend as leader or guardian, and one or more as 
sponsor, filling out an application blank and sending it to national head¬ 
quarters, Camp Fire Girls, 88 Lexington Avenue, New York l6, or to the 
local Camp Fire Girls' office. As soon as the charter is received and 
each girl has a membership certificate, she is ready to begin. Dues are 
$1.00 for each girl, leader and sponsor and $1.00 for the charter fee. 

The same applies to membership in the junior division, the Blue Birds, 
except that age of admission is seven to ten and the dues are only 5 W 
a year. 

For the senior division, Horizon Clubs, the age of admission is fourteen 
or older, the dues are $1.00, and the groups are made up of from ten to 
thirty girls. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Camp Fire Girl , a monthly except July and August. 75^ 
a year, 10/ a copy. 

Book of the Camp Fire Girls 

Handbook for Guardians of Camp Fire Girls 

The Blue Birds 

Camp Fire Girls Horizon Club 


Various pamphlets and equipment books. 













An endowment^administering board 


522 Fifth Avenue Telephones Vanderbilt 6-5525 

New York 18, N. Y. 


Robert M 0 Lester, Secretary 

PURPOSE: The advancement and diffusion of knowledge among the people of 
the United States and the British Dominions and Colonies. 

ORGANIZATION: The Corporation was established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie. 

By grants of money it supports educational and scientific research! publi¬ 
cations of professional and scholarly societies and associations! fine 
arts education through educational institutions and national organizations! 
education through colleges,, universities and adult education agencies! 
library service and training! and support of various related projects which 
give promise of providing new knowledge through research! studies which by 
exa mina tion of existing conditions may point to better conditions in the 
future, or demonstrations, local or regional, of how new knowledge may most 
effectively be applied. 

It is not an operating agency,- but rather an agency which studies and esti¬ 
mates those forces and institutions which make for the advancement and 
diffusion of knowledge and understanding in the areas specified, and of 
aiding those agencies in such measure as is possible within the income of 
the funds available,, It follows the policy set forth by Mr. Carnegie: to 
maintain intact the principal of the trust, not pledging its income perma¬ 
nently to any cause or group of causes! to keep grants under such control 
that it can be free at all times to give up the support of an enterprise 
which has either become well established, or which has shown only mediocre 
results, or which for one reason or another seems less significant at the 
time than other opportunities to which the Corporation attention may be 
directed„ 

The income of the Corporation is derived from two endowment funds totaling 
$135,000,000, one of which, $10,000,000, is applicable in the British Dominions 
and Colonies. 

It is governed by a board of trustees which appoints the administrative staff. 
The chief officers in 1944 were Walter A 0 Jessup, president! Robert M, 

Lester, secretary! c « Herbert Lee, treasurer and investment officer. 

INTERNAT IONAL f CTIVITIES : As noted above, the British Dominions and Colo¬ 
nies come within the scope of the Corporation. In addition, many of the 
studies furthered by the Corporation have by their nature a marked interna¬ 
tional aspect. 


Many grants have been made specifically for undertakings 
connected with the national emergency. Among these are grants to the American 






CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK -2- 

Red Cross, National Ifar Fund, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Insti- 
tute of Pacific Relations 0 


Annual Report n issued each December 0 


Capae^e„CQrp 9 ration of Ngw Y?rt, a descriptive folder. 


studies of corporation activity over a period of years 
in particular fields 0 thirty-five have been published,, 


Numerous books and periodicals, not published by the Corporation, have 
directly or indirectly been brought into being by its funds * 





CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE 


A permanent educational foundation. 


Division of International Law 
Office of the Secretary 


700 Jackson Place, N.W. 
Washington 6, D.C. 


Telephone: National 3428 
Cable Address: INTERPAX 


WASHINGTON 


Division of Intercourse and Education 
Division of Economics and History 


405 West 117th Street 
New York 27, N. Y. 


Telephone: University 4-1850 
Cable Address: INTERPAX 


NEW YORK 


George A. Finch, Secretary 


PURPOSE : "To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge 
and understanding among the people of the United States; to ad¬ 
vance the cause of peace among nations; to hasten the renunciation 
of war as an instrument of national policy; to encourage and 
promote methods for the peaceful settlement of international 
differences and for the increase of international understanding 
and concord; and to aid in the development of international law 
and the acceptance by all nations of the principles underlying 
such law." (Charter) 

ORGANIZATION : The Endowment was founded on December 14, 1910, 
when Andrew Carnegie transferred $10,000,000 in bonds to a group 
of 28 trustees, which he instructed them to use "to hasten the 
abolition of international war." The Endowment is made up of the 
Secretary's Office and three Divisions: 1) the Division of Inter¬ 
course and Education, Director: Nicholas Murray Butler; 2) the 
Division of International Law, Director, George A. Finch; 3) the 
Division of Economics and History, Director: James T. Shotwell. 
These Divisions operate more or less independently and will be 
discussed separately. 

The general officers of the Endowment are: President, Nicholas 
Murray Butler; Vice President, John W. Davis; Secretary, George 
A. Finch; Treasurer, Roland S. Morris:Assistant Treasurer, Eliot 
Wadsworth. 

Decisions as to the work to be undertaken by the Endowment, and 
the allotment of funds, are made by the Executive Committee and 
the Board. In the early years, it was the practice to grant money 
to other organizations; but the Trustees decided, after the last 
war, that it would be more advisable to apply all of the resources 






CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL FEACE -2- 

of the Ehdowment to plans which they would initiate, and to the 
maintenance of a staff to carry out the Ehdowment's own program. 
The regular income of the Ehdowment has not been sufficient to 
support the entire program, and the Endowment has been aided by 
annual grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. 

The Secretary is the chief administrative officer. The General 
Library and Information Bureau, publication, distribution, and 
sale of the Endowment's books and pamphlets, including their 
distribution to depository libraries, are all functions of the 
Secretary's Office. 

A reserve supply of publications is being kept for distribution to 
libraries inaccessible during the war. Publication is not for 
the purpose of making profit. Most of the publications are 
promptly disposed of by donation to depository libraries for the 
free use of the public, of educational institutions, and of govern¬ 
ment offices. However, in order to reach all groups, arrangements 
are maintained with outside publishers to sell the Ehdowment's 
volumes through ordinary commercial channels. Persons wishing to 
obtain publications should refer to the Year Books, which contain 
lists of all volumes and information as to whether they are still 
available and where and how they may be obtained. 

PUBLICATIONS : Year Books 

Summary of Organization and Work of the Ehdowment . 

1211 - 1 9 41 . 

Reading Lists 
Select Bibliographies 
Brief Reference Lists 
Memoranda Series 
Special Bibliographies 


I. Division of Intercourse and Education 

PURPOSE : "To diffuse information, and to educate public opinion 
regarding the causes, nature, and effects of war, and means for 
its prevention and avoidance. 

"To cultivate friendly feelings between the inhabitants of different 
countries, and to increase the knowledge and understanding of each 
other by the several nations. 

"To cooperate with other organizations whose objectives are similar 
to those of the Endowment," on special projects within the devel¬ 
oping program of work of the Division. ( E*rom Summary of Organiza ¬ 
tion and ftork. 1911-19A1 ) 












CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE . 3 . 

ORGANIZATION: Ihe Division has its office in New York, In recent 
years centers have been developed for organizations associated 
with the Endowment in the following regions: Pacific Coast, 

Rocky Mountain, Middle West, Southwest, Great Lakes, South and 
Southeast, 

The Division is active in the field of adult education in inter¬ 
national relations, carried on through the centers mentioned above, 
and in cooperation with other groups such as the National Policy 
Committee, Non-Partisan Council to Win the Peace, Postwar Informa¬ 
tion Exchange, and the Church Peace Union. Many pamphlets on 
postwar problems are circulated to interested groups; the entire 
adult education list includes more than 8000 titles. 

Under the combined auspices of the Endowment and the World Wide 
Broadcasting Foundation, a radio program, "Beyond Victory" was 
started in 1943. This program has been much expanded into a series 
of broadcasts covering postwar conditions and international re¬ 
lations . 

The Ehdowment sponsors International Relations Clubs all over the 
country and in foreign countries. These clubs are groups of high 
school, college and university students which meet to discuss the 
international situation. The sole condition of affiliation with 
the Endowment is that freedom of speech shall be rospected. 

Regional conferences are held, and the Endowment supplies the 
clubs with books and pamphlets. Collaboration is maintained with 
the Centros de Relaciones Internationales which are established in 
educational institutions throughout Latin America. Conditions under 
which the clubs in the Far and Near East and in South Africa are 
operating are more difficult during the war. Many of them are 
continuing their work and maintain as close contact as possible 
with the Ehdowment. 

Although war conditions render the program more difficult, the 
Division is continuing in the appointment of visiting Carnegie 
professors. Representative scholars are appointed to serve as 
visiting professors at institutions of learning in countries 
other than their own. 

The Ehdowment carries on a program of sup}lying selected books 
on foreign countries to public libraries in small communities. 

These collections are called International Mind Alcoves. The 
books selected include adult and juvenile books dealing with 
foreign countries. An International Mind Alcove Booklist is pre¬ 
pared for anyone interested in assembling such a collection. 

The Division has for some years been cooperating with the Vatican 
Library in the work of cataloguing manuscripts, incunabula and 
rare books. 




CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE 


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In the Inter-American work of the Division, publications are 
prepared and distributed through Latin America. Aid and coopera¬ 
tion has also been extended by the Endowment to various groups, 
such as: the Inter-American Committee on Intellectual Coopera¬ 
tion, the Institute on Inter-American Affairs, the Pan American 
League, and the Pan American Office of the League of Red Cross 
Societies. 

Work of the Division in Europe has continued wherever possible. 

The International Arbitration League in London continues its work. 
The Endowment provides $1000 annually to the League. Until recent¬ 
ly, war conditions made communication with the staff of the Centre 
Europeen in Paris impossible. The Students’ International House 
in Geneva has been maintained since 1936 with aid from the Division. 
Groups in Ehgland with which the Division cooperates include the 
Dunford House Association, and the American University Union in 
London. 

PUBLICATIONS: 


International Conciliation , monthly, except July and August; 
25 £ a year, 5<f a copy, $1.00 for five years. 

Fortnightly Summary of International Events . $1.50 a year. 

Biblioteca Interamericana 

All publications of previous years are listed in the Year 

Book. 


II. Division of International Law 

PURPOSE : "To aid in the development of international law, and a 
general agreement on the rules thereof, and the acceptance of the 
same among nations. 

"To establish a better understanding of international rights and 
duties and a more perfect sense of international justice among the 
inhabitants of civilized countries. 

"To promote a general acceptance of peaceable methods in the 
settlement of international disputes." (From Summary of Organiza ¬ 
tion and Work. 1911-19A1 ) 

ORGANIZATION : The Division has devoted much attention to facili¬ 
tating the study of international law and improving its teaching. 
In this connection it has made surveys of instruction offered 
in international law, and has held conferences of teachers of 
that and related subjects, and maintained fellowships which have 
been awarded to individuals of many countries. It was instru¬ 
mental in the establishment of the Academy of International Law 
at The Hague. 












CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE .5. 

^ Si ° n has aided or cooperated in the work of various 
official and international bodies in promoting international organi¬ 
zation and legal processes for the solution of international dis- 
putes. It participated actively in the steps leading to the es¬ 
tablishment of the Permanent Court of International Justice and has 
contributed its services in various ways to numerous international 
conferences. It also takes an active part in the work of the Ameri¬ 
can Society of International Law and has assisted other societies 
and organizations devoted to various phases of international law. 

A large program of publication has been carried on, including 
volumes of collections of international documents, reports of 
tribunals, and monographs and pamphlets on special and technical 
subjects. Much research work is done on special projects on re¬ 
quest, and a large supply of data has been built up which is not 
readily accessible elsewhere. 


PUBLICATIONSt International Legislation — Manley 0. Hudson 

The Interna tional Law of the Future: Postulates . 
Principle s and Proposals — Statement of a community of views 
resulting from a series of conferences held in 1942 and 1943. 

It has been reprinted in International Conciliation The_Canadian 
B ar Review , as a supplement to the American Journal of International 
Law, and as a special document by the American Bar Association 
Journal; it has also been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, 
French, and German. Library edition in press. 

World Court Reports — Manley 0. Hudson 
Classics of International Law r Series 
Axis Rule in Occupied Europe — Raphael Lembkin. 
International Regulation of Fisheries — L. Larry 

Leonard. 


Studies in the Administration of International 

Law . Series 

Boundary-Making: A Handbook for Statesmen. Treaty 
Editors, and Boundary Commissioners — Stephen B. Jones 

Handbook of International Organizations in the 
Americas — Ruth D. Masters 

Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States - 
Canadian Relations — William R. Manning 

Other publications of the Division are listed in 

the Year Book. 


HI. Division of Economics and History 

PURPOSE; "To promote a thorough and scientific investigation and 
study of the causes of war and of the practical methods to pre¬ 
vent and avoid it." (From Summary of Organization and Work. 1911- 





























CARNEGIE endowment FOR international peace 


ORGANIZATION : The work of the Division was organized at a confer¬ 
ence in Berne in August 1911. The purpose of the study initiated 
at that time was to outline the direct and indirect consequences 
of war, and to prove scientifically that war is no longer a cal¬ 
culable instrument of politics. Research on the costs of World 
War I was started in 1917. The result of this extensive study 
was a series entitled Economic and Social History of the World 
War, which was brought to a conclusion in 1924. At this time the 
program of the Division was shifted from a study of the problems 
of war to those of peace. 

One of the most important activities of the Endowment is its co¬ 
operation with the International Chamber of Commerce. The last 
meeting of the International Chamber was in 1939, at which time 
the Committee for International Economic Reconstruction was 
created. Study of economic and international trade problems has 
been carried on through cooperation of the Committee and the 
Division. A series of papers on postwar problems is being pre¬ 
pared for the Committee by leading economists. 

The Division also does important work in connection with the 
Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, whose purpose 
is to bring together elements of the peace movement in the United 
States that believe that international peace must be based on 
justice and implemented by force. A statement, Fundamentals of the 
International Organization , was adopted by the Commission in its 
Fourth Report, which was widely circulated. Many other studies 
are also in process on the topics of: minorities and colonial 
administration, international problems of education, social prob¬ 
lems and labor standards, radio and international commercial air 
traffic. Many pamphlets are prepared and distributed by the 
Commission. 

The Commission works toward improving relations with labor groups; 
both the AFL and the CIO are represented in its membership. The 
Commission was largely responsible for the regional conferences 
held by the Labor Press Association, and it has prepared pamphlets 
and manuscripts for circulation among labor groups. 

The Commission instituted a series of discussion meetings in farm 
and rural communities; it has been very successful in presenting 
series of radio programs, lectures, and special newspaper articles. 
There are fifteen regional Commissions which carry on the program 
in various sections of the country. 

The Division has cooperated with various labor groups through the 
Commission, and, in audition, the Associate Director collaborated 
in writing The Common Interest in International Economic Organiza - 
tion, which was a major piece of research of the International 
labor Office in 1944. 








CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE -7- 


An important series of studies on Canadian-American relations 
has been carried on for a number of years. A series of volumes 
has been published. Studies have also been made on Mexican- 
American relations. 

PUBLICATIONS : Agenda for a Postwar lorId — J.B. Condliffe 

Memorandum and Report concerning the Role of the 
German Courts in the Ehforcement of Disarmament (a confidential 
study) 

Occupation Government in the Rhineland. 1918-1923 — 
Dr. Ernst Fraenkel 

International Cartels in the Chemical Industry — 

Dr. Antonin Basch (in preparation) 

A Price for Peace: New Europe and World Markets — 
Dr. Antonin Basch 

Quarterly Bulletin of Soviet-Rus3ian Economics — 
Prof. S. M. Prokopovicz 

The Curzon Line —Prof. Max Laserson 
Relations of Canada and the United States — series 
Higher Education in Mexico — Prof. Georgt I. Sanchez 
Survey of the Problems of the Rio Grande Basin — 
Prof. Charles A. Timm 

All publications of previous years are listed in the 


Year Book 



























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CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 


An endowed agency for scientific research. 

1530 P Street, N. ft. Telephone: Dupont 6400 

ftashington 5, D. C. 

Walter M. Gilbert, Executive Officer 

PURPOSE : "To encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner 
investigation, research, and discovery, and the application of know¬ 
ledge to the improvement of mankind." (From the Articles of In¬ 
corporation) 

ORGANIZATION : The Carnegie Institution of ftashington, which is 
independent of other Carnegie agencies organized at different times 
for other purposes, was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 with an 
endowment of $10,000,000. Subsequent contributions from Mr. 

Carnegie and additions to the fund from the Carnegie Corporation 
of New York have increased the Institution's endowment to $32,000,000. 
It is governed by a board of 24 self-perpetuating trustees, who 
meet annually to consider the objectives and problems of the In¬ 
stitution, to review its work, and to make appropriations for various 
projects. During the intervals, its affairs are conducted by an 
executive committee chosen by and from the board of trustees and 
acting through the president of the Institution as the chief execu¬ 
tive officer. 

The Institution is essentially an operating agency devoting most of 
its efforts to fundamental problems, the solution of which requires 
long periods of time and concentration of funds. The divisions and 
departments which have been established as a result of t v is policy 
give exceptional opportunities for advancing knowledge by coopera¬ 
tive effort. Occasionally also opportunities are available for 
conduct of special research projects of limited tenure which h a ve 
direct relation to the programs of the Institution's divisions and 
departments. Recognition of the Institution's responsibility to make 
available the results of its investigations is expressed by its many 
publications, news releases, public exhibitions and lectures. 

The divisions of the Institution are the Mount Wilson Observatory at 
Pasadena, California; Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D. C.; 
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, D. C., which has 
permanent observatories at Huancayo, leru, and Watheroo, Western 
Australia; Division of Plant Biology, Stanford University, California; 
Department of Embryology, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Genetics, 





CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON -2- 


Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York; Nutrition Laboratory, 
Boston, Massachusetts; and Division of Historical Research, Cam¬ 
bridge, Massachusetts. 

The officers of the Institution are Vannevar Bush, president; W. 
Cameron Forbes, chairman of the board of trustees and chairman of 
the executive committee; Walter S. Gifford, vice-chairman; Frederic 
A. Delano, secretary. 

YiARTIME OPERATIONS ? Most of the Institution's war work is of a 
secret nature. The war has, of course, interrupted many of its 
normal investigations and taken many of the staff for other pur¬ 
poses. The main building of the Institution has been given over 
almost entirely to the Office of Scientific Research and Develop¬ 
ment, an agency of the United States Government. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Institution maintains constant contact 
with its correspondents and "research associates abroad. Its publi¬ 
cations are sent free to the larger libraries throughout the world, 
and an attempt is made to meet the needs of other organizations hav¬ 
ing personnel engaged in research activities in fields represented 
by these publications. 

PUBLICATIONS ; 

Year Book , annual. $1.00 paper; $1.50 cloth. 

Fublications . These now number over 800 and vary in price. 








CATHOLIC CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS 


A national organization of Catholics interested in industrial 
relations 0 

1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N 0 W. Telephone: Republic 3553 

Washington 5, D. C 0 

Rev 0 R 0 A 0 McGowan, Secretary“Treasurer 

PURPOSE : "To promote the study and understanding of industrial 
problems in the light of Catholic teaching and to advance the 
knowledge and practice of this teaching to industrial life." 

(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION g The Conferences were begun in 1923 at Chicago, 

Ill., in the Loyola University School of Social Action. The 
establishment of the Conference was at the initiation of the 
National Catholic Welfare Conference. Based on the principle 
that social problems are not merely economic, but fundamentally 
moral and religious, the Conference seeks to draw together 
management and labor in open discussions of industrial problems, 
based upon papal encyclicals and manifestoes. 

Leaders in Catholic social thought, employers, labor leaders, 
economists and government representatives participate in the Con¬ 
ference. The conferences are usually two-day forum-type 
meetings and include three speakers, one to represent the Catho¬ 
lic point of view and the other two chosen according to the parti¬ 
cular problems of the locality in which the conference is being 
held. 

The executive offices of the Conference are located in the head¬ 
quarters of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The officers 
of the Conference includes Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, D. D., honorary 
presidentj and Dr 0 George F. Donovan, president. 

MEMBERSHIP s Open to all. 

Regular membership: $1.00. 

Sustaining memberships $5 <.00. 

Life membership: $25o00 o 
Endowment membership: $100.00. 






































































OF AMHtICA. INC 

A non-profit educational association 

221 West 57th Street Telephones Circle 7=7780 

New York 19, N„ Y 0 

/ 

Mrso Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg, Director 

PURPOSE : To promote better family life through a deeper understanding of 
childhoodo 

ORGANIZATION: Founded in 1888 as a small study=group under a different 
name s the Association was incorporated in its present form in 1924 0 It 
is governed by a board of directors, and has a general advisory boards an 
advisory board on family counseling service, and a permanent staff of 10 
under the director,. It is financed by membership dues, service fees* con¬ 
tributions , and grants from foundations 0 

The activities of the Association include discussion courses for parents, 
teachers, nurses, and social workers; training courses for volunteer child 
care aides; individual guidance to parents on family problems and choice 
of schools and camps; lectures, conferences, and courses under staff mem¬ 
bers and others at teacher training and other institutions throughout the 
country; an annual forum which brings together people from many parts of 
the country to discuss controversial issues; radio broadcasts; maintenance 
of a specialized library of some 6000 items; advisory service to publishers, 
magazine editors, and radio program directors; preparation of study out¬ 
lines, annotated bibliographies, and plans for group organizations; numerous 
publications,, 

Among the officers are W„ Carson Ryan, president; Beardsley Ruml, treasurer; 
Mrs 0 James Frank, secretary and assistant treasurer; Sidonie M„ Gruenberg, 
director 0 


_ IONS : The problems which parents face have naturally been 

intensified by the war and the Association is thus even more than ordinari¬ 
ly usefulo Its chief special activity is the training of volunteer workers 
for child care in war-time nurseries,, Some of the services of the Associa¬ 
tion are free to service men and women and their families„ 


MEMBERSHIP: The Association has 1000 active members who pay from $5„00 
to #10o00 a year, a group of supporting members who pay from $25„00 to 
$100 a year, and 4000 subscribing members who pay $3„00 a year 0 


- Child Study a a quarterly magazine, $1„00 a year„ Numerous 

books, pamphlets, and booklists 0 










CHILD WELFARE INFORMATION SERVICE. INC. 

A voluntary non-profit association which acts as an impartial clear¬ 
ing house for information on federal action pertaining to children 
and youth, as well as their families and communities. 

930 F Street, N. W. Telephone: District 0570 

Washington 4, D. C. 

Bernard Locker, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : To disseminate information on federal legislation affecting 
the health, education, housing, employment and general welfare of 
children and adolescents. 

"Our purpose is to furnish the groups we serve with an objective analy¬ 
sis of the whole child welfare front as seen from the federal point of 
view. If a bill is good, nothing helps it more than truthJ if it is 
bad, nothing is more destructive than the truth. Therefore, although 
our office is in no sense a lobby, the many groups and individuals that 
receive this information will be in a better position to judge pending 
bills and to appear for or against them, according to the merits or 
demerits of a particular measure.” (Statement of Mrs. Eugene Meyer, 
President) 

ORGANIZATION : The CWIS was established November 15, 1944. It is finan¬ 
ced mainly through contributions and public subscription to the Bulletin . 
The President of the new organization is Mrs. Eiigene Meyer of the 
Washington Post, whose recent book "Journey Through Chaos" drew attention 
to the nation-wide neglect of children in over-crowded war centers. 

The vice-presidents of the CWIS are: John Dewey, Professor Emeritus of 
Philosophy, Columbia University; Mrs. Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Author 
and Member of the Committee on Youth Problems, American Council on 
Education; Homer Folks, Secretary, State Charities Aid Association, New 
York; Leonard Mayo, President, Child Welfare League of America; 

C. E. A. Winslow, Professor of Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale 
University; and George Hecht, Publisher, Parents' Magazine, who is 
also treasurer. The Secretary is Mrs. Gertrude Folks Zimand, General 
Secretary, National Child Labor Committee. The Board of Directors in¬ 
clude representatives from more than thirty prominent national organi¬ 
zations. 

The chief activity of the CWIS is publication of the Bulletin , which 
is issued almost weekly. The subscribers are groups rather than indi¬ 
viduals—federal, national, state and local organizations interested 
in youth; labor unions; parent-teachers 1 associations; women's clubs; 
child care and family welfare agencies throughout the country. It is 
often difficult for groups working to improve social conditions to know 
what is happening in Congress in time to take action. The CWIS can 






CHILD '-•'EiF-.RE INPOHMATION SERVICE. INC. -2 


keen them informed and in touch with the Federal Government. 

Shortly after bills affecting children and vouths are introduced in 
Congress, the Bulletin gives identifying data and a brief digest of 
the contents. ’.’.'hen a bill takes on importance, fuller information 
is given including a more complete summary, notice of hearings, irnnor- 
tant amendments and action taken. When possible, •'he reasons for the 
introduction of a bill and the sources of support and oooosition are 
stated. While the CWIS itself takes no nosit ion for or against 
legislation, it will renort opinions of national organizations and 
federal agencies soecializing in the field dealt with in the legis¬ 
lation .> Information is sometimes given when proposed lenisla+ion is 
still in the discussion stage, and significant reports issued by con¬ 
gressional committees and federal agencies are noted. 

The CWIS is an independent organization, but has close relationships 
with all federal and voluntary national arencies in its field. Among 
the federal agencies are the Children's Bureau, Office of Education, 
Public Health Service, Social Security Board, Federal Works Arency, and 
Federal Security Agency. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The international connections of the CWIS 
are limited as yet, although there are subscribers to the Bulletin in 
England, Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It is lookinr forward to 
expanding in this direction. 

iK/iBERSHIP : The annual subscription rate is $15.00. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Bulletin , distributed to subscribers. 









CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC. 

A nonprofit federation of accredited child-caring organizations 
and institutions in the United States (and Hawaii) and Canada. 

130 East 22nd Street Telephone: Gramercy 5-5220 

New York 10, N. Y. 


Howard W. Hopkirk, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : To promote better understanding of child welfare prob- 
lems; to formulate and improve standards and methods of the dif¬ 
ferent forms of work with children; to make available for its mem¬ 
bers the assured results of successful effort in any part of the 
field, and to develop intersociety service. 

ORGANIZATION : The League, which had its beginning at a modest con¬ 
ference of 18 individuals in Baltimore in 1915, is today the 
coordinating, developing and guiding federation of several hun¬ 
dred child-caring agencies forming a network throughout the 
United States and Canada. Every year some 350,000 children owe 
their homes, their happiness or some part of their well-being 
to children’s agencies and institutions such as comprise the 
League. 

"The League is concerned with everything that pertains to the 
welfare and happiness of dependent and neglected children. Its 
interest extends beyond this to include also the foster care of 
children, where no dependency or neglect exists, and the day care 
of children -vdiose mothers are employed. There is no overlapping 
or duplication of the service of any other agency, and League 
activities are cleared with the United States Children’s Bureau." 
(Official statement) 

The organization was incorporated in 1928. In 1943 it took 
over the work of the National Association of Day Nurseries when 
the latter was dissolved. 

It operates under the guidance of officers, a board of directors 
and a paid staff. Leonard W. Mayo, dean of Western Reserve 
University’s School of Applied Social Sciences, is president of 
the board, and one of the vice-presidents is Miss Qnma C. 

Puschner, national director of the American Legion’s Child Wel¬ 
fare Division, (in explaining how the American Legion and the 
League work closely together, the executive of the League' stated: 
"The Legion's national concern for children is sufficiently unique 
to warrant special commendation. Its child welfare services have 
accounted for all children as it consistently has stimulated 
community planning for child welfare and the improvement and ex¬ 
pansion of existing agencies both voluntary and governmental.") 





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Membership in the League certifies that a child-caring agency main¬ 
tains the highest standards. At present, the membership roster 
includes 189 Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, nonsectarian and tax- 
supported organizations, including children’s aid societies, chil¬ 
dren’s institutions, child protective agencies, day nurseries, 
state and county public child -welfare departments and certain other 
children’s organizations having direct or indirect responsibility for 
the protection and foster care of dependent and neglected children. 

The League also has about 300 "affiliate” organizations, which have 
not sought accrediting. As affiliates, they receive the League’s 
monthly Bulletin and all other publications and participate in cer¬ 
tain studies conducted by the League. 

The organization is financed mainly by membership dues and service 
fees, individual contributions, grants and special gifts, and in¬ 
come from the sale of publications. 

The League has divided the USA into six regions and holds regional 
conferences except as wartime restrictions may prevent. 

The organization cooperates with various federal agencies, es¬ 
pecially with those interested in child welfare, such as the Chil¬ 
dren’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor and the 
United States Office of Education. League President Mayo is chair¬ 
man of the United States Committee on the Care of Children in War- 
time, which was set up by the Children’s Bureau. The League it¬ 
self is a member of American War-Community Services and of the 
National Social Work Council. 

Communities and institutions, including those under governmental, 
fraternal, sectarian and nonsectarian auspices, call upon the 
League for consultation and other services, and the League makes 
requested community and organizational surveys and special studies, 
on a contract basis, borrowing skilled workers for these from its 
strongest member agencies. Its reports of surveys are followed up 
by consultation, so that the League’s contribution to the planning 
of a community or an organization may be continuous. 

In cooperation with the Social Work Vocational Bureau, located in 
New York City, the League aids agencies and institutions throughout 
the country to obtain well-qualified personnel. (League members 
who pay full dues are brought automatically into membership in the 
Vocational Bureau and receive without additional cost the employ¬ 
ment services of that Bureau.) 

The organization has collaborated with Community Chests and Councils, 
Inc., in the preparation of scripts for radio programs and has been 
consultant to Pathe News and the March of Time on motion picture 
topics. 





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It maintains a reference library, primarily for the use of its 
members. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The League has a continuing relation¬ 
ship with one organization (besides its members in Hawaii and 
Canada) outside the United States. This is the Canadian Welfare 
Council, through which the League sometimes obtains speakers 
for the regional conferences. 

The League also has contacts with a number of child welfare 
agencies in Latin-America and a few in other countries; contacts 
have been made more or less on an individual basis, establish¬ 
ed through visits from child welfare officials and from Spanish 
Americans studying in the United States. 

The League exchanges its Bulletin with about 50 foreign agencies 
and institutions, most of these being in Canada, with others in 
Latin-American countries, Russia, Palestine, India and Australia. 
The Bulletin goes also to the League of Nations Library in 
Geneva, Switzerland. At the Library's request, the League is lay¬ 
ing aside back numbers of the Bulletin for future shipment. 

The League is in consultation with UNRRA in reference to various 
phases of the latter's program. 

M E MB ERSHIP : Membership in the League depends upon an agency's 
maintaining certain standards of service, which the League de¬ 
termines by a field study of the agency's work. Dues for ac¬ 
credited member agencies are based upon their income, and 
range frcm $75 to $1,000 annually. Annual dues for affiliated 
agencies are $15. 

PUBLICATIONS : Child Welfare League of America Bulletin — of¬ 
ficial organ published monthly except July and August;annual 
subscription, $1.00; single copies, 10^. 

Various other publications, including printed pamphlets, mimeo¬ 
graphed booklets, reprints and special information bulletins. 

These range in price from 10^ to 50^ a copy. A price list is 
available upon request. 









































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CHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA, InC . 

An educational and cultural institution. 

125 East b5th Street Telephone: Rhinelander 4-8181 

New York 21, N. Y. Cable Address: CHINAHOUSE 

Chih Meng, Director 

HJCTOSE : To promote education and culture in art, literature, 
science, history and other subjects among Chinese and Americans 
and to cultivate a mutual understanding between China erd the 
United States and the citizens thereof, by the administration of 
funds entrusted to the corporation for use in the establisbnent 
of scholarships and for other expenses of students studying in 
the United States, by providing lor the issuance and distribution 
of publications, providing for lectures, radio programs, motion 
pictures, cultural and industrial exhibits and providing for the 
discussion through forums and otherwise of various subjects 
affecting China and the United States and the citizens thereof, 
and for the exchange of information and views between Chinese and 
Americans. (Statement in Charter) 

ANIMATION : The Institute is a private organization, establish- 
ed in 192b, and is composed of public-spirited individuals, both 
Chinese and American, who, because of their pest close associa¬ 
tion with China, are mutually concerned in intensifying cultural 
relations between the two nations. Its general services include: 
(a) information service on China; (b) services to visiting pro- 
tessors and other scholars and educators from China; (c) advisory 
service to all Chinese students in the United States. The Insti¬ 
tute assists more than 1/00 Chinese students and industrial 
trainees to derive the fullest benefits from their educational 
and training opportunities in this country. The Institute ad¬ 
ministers or assists in administering the following scholarships: 

1. National Tsing Hua University Fellowships 

2. China Foundation Fellowships 

3. United States Department of State Scholarships 

4. Chinese Government Scholarships 

5. Harmon Foundation Visual Fellowships 

6. British Boxer Indemnity Fellowships 

7. UNRRA Training Fellowships 

The funds for fellowships and scholarships which the Institute 
administers are provided for by the different foundations, uni¬ 
versities and governments indicated above. The Institute co¬ 
operates with the State Department in the selection of Chinese 
students or trainees, and advises the department of scholarships 
and fellowships available in American educational institutions. 





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During the past two decades the Institute has become the head¬ 
quarters for all Chinese student organizations throughout the 
United States. It has sponsored through the Committee on War¬ 
time Planning for Chinese Students in the United States several 
national reconstruction conferences to provide forums in the dis¬ 
cussion of problems of agriculture and industrial developments in 
China. When the war came to China in 1937 1 the Institute pioneered 
in technical training. "Educational relations between the United 
States and China date as far back as 1847. During almost a century- 
in the education of Chinese students, a new epic has opened with 
opportunities made available for them to supplement their library 
and literary training with field experience. There is no better 
or more concrete way of extending aid to China than to have the 
United States Government Departments and private .American insti¬ 
tutions and businesses continue to pursue the 'open door' policy 
in training Chinese students." (Practical Training Issue, 

National Reconstruction , Volume 4, February, 194*0 

There are about 800 Chinese students now working with the govern¬ 
ment departments and private industries where they are supple¬ 
menting their technical education with practical experience. 

The Institute not only supervises and directs the research and 
study of students from China, but also acts in an advisory 
capacity to American-born Chinese who are interested in going to 
China in connection with the reconstruction and rehabilitation 
program. The Institute conducts and assists in conducting series 
of lectures, exhibits, motion picture presentations, and recitals, 
etc., which are intended to impart a fundamental understanding of 
the backgrounds and of present-day life of the Chinese and Ameri¬ 
can peoples. It also compiles materials or assists in compiling 
materials for the same purpose. Particular attention is paid to 
professors and teachers, students and study groups. 

The Institute owns and operates China House, which is the gift of 
the Henry Luce Foundation as a memorial to the late Dr. Henry 
Winters Luce, who devoted 40 years of his life to the promotion of 
modern education in China. China House is an old New York City 
residential mansion which provides the administrative offices for 
the Institute and rooms for meetings, lectures, exhibits, etc., for 
Chinese and American audiences. It also serves as a hospitable 
center for Chinese students and professors in the United States 
and maintains a library and recreation and reading rooms for their 
use. (The small garden behind the building is landscaped in the 
Chinese manner.) The facilities of China House are open to the 
public. 




CHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA. INC . -3 


The policies of the Institute are formulated and directed by a self- 
perpetuating board of trustees. The administration is under the 
director through a group of executive officers. Officers of the 
Institute include: director, Dr. Chih Meng, author of China Speaks , 
officer and member of the leading Chinese educational groups in the 
United States and contributor to Foreign Affairs and Pacific Affairs : 
president, Walter H. Mallory; vice-presidents, Mrs. W. Murray Crane; 
James T, Shotwell, authority on political science and foreign rela¬ 
tions, president of the League of Nations Association; L. Carring¬ 
ton Goodrich; and C. F. Yau; secretary, Edward H. Hune; treasurer, 
Donald M. Brody, 

The Institute administers funds for: (l) Special Committee in America 
of the China Foundation; (2) Committee on Wartime Planning for 
Chinese Students in the United States; (3) Tsing-Hua University, 
Kunming, China; ( 4 ) Ying-Keng Fund (British Boxer Indemnity Fund). 
(These organizations are located at China House, 125 East 65 th Street, 
New York.) 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Through its publications and China House 
activities, the Institute maintains contacts between visiting Chinese 
scholars, professional workers and students in this country. It 
maintains a committee to work with UNRRA in a plan to give free 
training to Chinese experts who have specialized in public health, 
social welfare, agriculture, river conservation, and industrial 
rehabilitation. 

WAR OPERATIONS : By order of the China Foundation, books for the 
National Library at Peiping (now located in Chungking) are being 
purchased through the American Library Association and G. E. 

Stechert Company, book importers and exporters, which, it is 
hoped, will arrange transportation when available. 

Since 1937, and especially since Pearl Harbor, the Institute has 
been and still is called upon to render services to the war ef¬ 
fort as follows: (l) the training of technical personnel in ad¬ 
vanced industries and the military services; (2) the making of 
vocational recommendations to United States and Chinese govern¬ 
ment departments and fighting services. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Report of the Director — a brief account of the year’s work 
(Chinese and English). 

The National Reconstruction Journal — articles on different 
problems that have to do with national reconstruction in China 
(Chinese and English). 











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PUBLICATIONS (continued): 

National Reconstruction Monographs — Chinese and English. 

National Reconstruction Newsletter — channel for the ex¬ 
change of news and other information of the different forums 
(Chinese). 

D^gc&ory_.of.Chinese University Graduates, a nd .Student^ 

in America — latest edition: May, 1944; 80tf a copy; Chinese 
and Ehglish (a unique and indispensable reference book). 

China Institute in America : Purpose and Program — a brief 
statement which also contains a list of officers, trustees and 
standing committees. 

China Institute Bulletin . 










CHINESE STUDENTS 1 CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA 

An association of Chinese nationals studying in America and Canada. 

347 Madison Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 6-1200 

New York 17, N. I. 

Dr. Homer C. Loh, General Secretary, 

PURPOSE : ”1) To organize all Chinese students, especially Christians, 
into cooperative efforts, and to develop strong character and per¬ 
sonality through Christian fellowship and student activities; 2) 
to render needed services and whatever help possible to Chinese 
students in America; 3) to promote mutual understanding and friend¬ 
ship between American and Chinese people." (From Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION : The CSCA is a students’ organization, founded in 
1909. Its first conference was held at Colgate University. The 
CSCA is governed by a Central Executive Board which consists 
entirely of students in various universities throughout the coun¬ 
try. The Advisory Council is made up of persons prominent in 
Chinese-American relations and church life. The executive work of 
the national office is administered by the General Secretary, Dr. 

Loh. 

The association is divided into three departments, or geographical 
divisions of the United States and Canada: Eastern, Midwestern, 
and Western. Each department has its own executive board from 
which the members of the Central Board are elected. Within the 
departments, the local chapters carry on most of the activities. 

The CSCA requires that the members of the Central Board, or policy 
committee, be Christians, although the association endeavors to 
serve all students regardless of religion. 

The CSCA is financed through an annual fund raising campaign, and 
through gifts from members and friends. Some financial aid and 
sponsorship comes from the Committee on Friendly Relations among 
Foreign Students, which in turn is sponsored by the International 
Committee of the YMCA. However, the two groups operate as inde¬ 
pendent units, and have separate budgets. 

Cooperation with other agencies is achieved through members of 
the Advisory Council, for example: Dr. C. L. Hsia, head of the 
Chinese News Service, and Mr. Chih Meng of the China Institute. 

Many of the member students of CSCA have served the United China 
Relief as speakers. The eight traveling secretaries of the World 
Student SLrvice Fund have been interviewing Chinese students on 
various campuses to determine their situation and find out what 





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CSCA can do for them. The CSCA has cooperated with the Institute 
of International Education, mission boards, and student movements 
in North America and China. The CSCA tries to find scholarships 
for Chinese students. The federal government has given some assis¬ 
tance to stranded Chinese students. The Division of Cultural Co¬ 
operation of the State Department puts out News Notes for Chinese 
students. CSCA plans to cooperate with American-born Chinese 
Christian youth organizations such as the Lake Tahoe and Silver 
Bay groups, and with the national councils of several major denomina¬ 
tions and local churches in New York which wish to aid Chinese stu¬ 
dents of their own denomination. 

Through the local chapters an attempt is made to serve the students 
and build up mutual understanding between them and Americans. 

Personal contact, introduction to American homes and churches, 
are stressed. Local chapters also participate in community services, 
retreats and conferences, meetings addressed by Chinese Christian 
leaders and returned missionaries. Personnel of the CSCA visit 
student centers to establish new units, advise organized units, and 
render necessary aid. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; CSCA was originally a service organization for 
students coming to this country at their own expense, or under the 
auspices of the Chinese government. However, due to the present 
suffering of students in China, the CSCA has extended its program 
to include them. As a part of this new program, two projects are 
under way. A monthly digest of articles, The Builder , is mimeo¬ 
graphed on onion skin paper and sent airmail to 36 university li¬ 
braries in China. Each issue of this publication is devoted to a 
different field. It is being used in China in place of textbooks, 
which are very scarce. The first issue of The kiilder was dis¬ 
tributed by the National Committee of the YMCA in China, and the Car¬ 
negie Endowment for International Peace has contributed $2000 to * 
the project. As another project, the CSCA is sending vitamin pills 
to Chinese students abroad. The funds for this program are raised 
by Chinese students in America. Shipment of the pills is arranged 
by the State Department. 

A conference will be held in the summer of 1945 for the Chinese 
students in the Eastern department of CSCA. Its theme will be 
"China's New Horizons and New Purposes." 


POSTWAR PLANS ; The CSCA will continue its program for Chinese students 
in America and Canada, and will extend its services to students in 








CHINESE STUDENTS 1 CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA -3- 


China. It will also serve hundreds of trainees who are being sent 
to this country for the first time by the Chinese government for 
special technical training in industry and public administration. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are now 1600 Chinese students in the United 
States and Canada, and over 1000 are expected in 1945. About 700 
members are registered in the central office and in addition there 
are many members of local chapters. 

’’Anyone in sympathy with the purposes of CSCA and anyone who will 
declare his intention to work for its realization may become a 
regular member (if he is a full or part-time student) or a coopera¬ 
tive member (non-students or nationals other than Chinese). There 
is no national membership fee although the activities of CSCA are 
dependent upon voluntary contributions received from its members 
and friends.” ( From Chinese Christian Student ) 

PUBLICATIONS : Chinese Christian Student , monthly. Distributed to 
members and American friends. 

The Builder 

Students* Guide to Efficient Study , in preparation. 

To be published as an aid to students recently arrived from China. 









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CHURCH COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF IN ASIA 


The official Protestant agency for relief in the Far East. 

105 East 22nd Street Telephone* Gramercy 5-5800 

New York 10, N. Y. 

Fred Atkins Moore, Director 

Arnold B. Vaught, China and India Secretary 

PURPOSE * To aid in the rehabilitation of the peoples of Asia. 

To heln families restore their homes, provide care for homeless 
children, aid students, and strengthen Christian communities as 
they emerge from the disaster of war. 

ORGANIZATION * The Church Committee for Relief in Asia is an ex¬ 
pansion of the Church Committee for China Relief, established in 
1938, which body is now a sub-committee of CCRA. There are about 
40 members, appointed by the three constituting bodies* Federal 
Council of the Churches of Christ in America, Foreign Missions 
Conference of North America, and China Famine Relief, U. S. A.,Inc. 
This last group names members only to the sub-committee for China 
relief. 

CCRA is financed by funds from Protestant churches, through their 
relief committees or mission boards, and from the National War 
Fund, through United China Relief. In its work in China, CCRA 
is a participating agency in United China Relief. It has no 
formal relationships with government agencies, but keeps in 
close touch with FEA and WPB. In liberated countries it will 
work closely with UNRRA, to whose program it will adapt its own. 

There is a headquarters staff of about eight people. There are 
no field workers in the United States, since CCRA works through 
relief committees and mission boards of various churches in its 
appeal for funds. 

The work of CCRA in China is directed by the American Advisory 
Committee of the Church Committee for China Relief, with head¬ 
quarters in Chungking. Its chairman is Mr. K. M. Hsu, Manager 
of the Kincheng Banking Corporation, Chungking. The Committee has a 
maximum of 24 members, and the charter requires that one third of 
these be Chinese. Funds for work in China come from Australia and 
Great Britain as well as from the United States. 

There are six or eight field supervisors, of American and other 
nationalities. There are regional committees in the provinces, 
which in turn set up local committees. These groups represent 





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a cross-section of countries and nationalities and include 
people from religious and business groups and various relief 
agencies. 

The relief work in China is divided into three fields* 1) Disas¬ 
ter relief. The Committee is the only United China Relief or¬ 
ganization covering this field. This program includes all kinds 
of direct relief, and, when possible, rehabilitation of war 
victims, such as loans to farmers and others in need. 2) Medical 
relief. There are several United China Relief organizations 
giving aid in this field, but the Church Committee is the only 
American group which gives assistance to private hospitals, and 
is chiefly responsible for keeping civilian hospitals in China 
open. It aids Catholic and Protestant hospitals through dis¬ 
tribution of medical supplies and through cash subsidies. 3) Child 
welfare work. Some contributions are made to the National Associa¬ 
tion for Refugee Children and the National Child Welfare Association. 
However, the chief work has been with private orphanages, many of 
which are church institutions. Much of the work with children is 
maintained from disaster relief funds. 

The work in India differs in nature from that in China, because 
all funds come from church sources. CCRA operates in the Bengal- 
Orissa area through the Bengal Christian Council, with headquarters 
in Calcutta, which has established a Bengal Christian Council 
Relief Committee. In the Travancore area, it works through the 
National Christian Council of India, with headquarters in Nagpur. 

The work in the latter area is of recent development. In both 
areas the CCRA provides famine relief. In Bengal and Orissa 
further work is carried on including medical care, and loans to 
individuals. 

POSTWAR PLANS * CCRA intends to apply its experience in relief 
work in China to other war-ravaged parts of Asia. Its 1944-1945 
appeal for $750,000 covers present work in China and India, as 
well as expected activities in other countries. Areas of activity, 
in addition to China and India, will eventually include* the 
Philippines, Dutch Indies, Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Korea, and 
Japan. The CCRA looks forward to an increasing emphasis in its 
work on rehabilitation and reconstruction. A conference was held 
in November, 1944, at which plans for reconstruction work were 
outlined. 


PUBLICATIONS * Christian Aid in Asia , bimonthly 






THE CHURCH PEACE UNION 


A foundation for cooperative activity among religious groups 
working toward the achievement of world order and international 
peace. 

70 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Algonquin 4-2720 

New York 11, N. Y. 

Henry A. Atkinson, General Secretary 

PURPOSE : To promote cooperation among religious groups and agencies 
to work for the moral bases of world order as the only sure founda¬ 
tion for international peace. 

ORGANIZATION ? The union was founded in 1914 on the initiative 
of 1 Andrew Carnegie, who permanently endowed it. From the very 
outset this has been an inter-faith foundation with representa¬ 
tives of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths on its board. 

In the same year that the Union was founded, the American Council 
of the World Alliance for International Friendship through the 
Churches was created by the Union to give a more democratic ex¬ 
pression to the above purpose. The American Council is part of an 
International Council of the World Alliance for International 
Friendship, which, before the war, included 34 national councils 
with headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland. 

The Union is not a membership organization, but a permanent 
policy group administering funds from its endovment. The Al¬ 
liance, on the other hand, is a membership organization, which 
derives some of its financial support from membership fees. 

In practice, the Alliance is an operating arm of the Union. 

Liaison between the work of the Union and that of the World Al¬ 
liance is closely maintained by their having the same general 
secretary, Henry A. Atkinson, for both agencies. 

The action program of the Union is carried on through publica¬ 
tions and "institutes", or study and discussion groups, or¬ 
ganized in various communities throughout the country, and financed 
largely by groups within the community. Since Pearl Harbor, in¬ 
stitutes have been held in 25 communities, sponsored by some 15 
national organizations as well as important local groups, repre¬ 
senting religion, labor, education and service organizations. 

In connection with its activities, the Union also provides dis¬ 
play materials which have been utilized by various organizations. 

Among the other national agencies with which the Union cooperates 





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closely are the following: Commission to Study the Organization of 
the Peace, Salvation Army, League of Women Voters, war information 
libraries in colleges. International Free World Association, Council 
Against Intolerance, Board of Home Missions, church federations and 
synagogue councils. 

The Union has never subscribed to the traditional absolute pacifist 
philosophy. Its program is more than merely anti-war, being based on 
the concept of the moral bases of world order. The theme of its cam¬ 
paign since Pearl Harbor has been "Win the War - Win the Peace". 

A considerable amount of the time of the executives of the Church Peace 
Union and the World Alliance is devoted to public speaking before 
church groups, educational institutions and at forums. Addresses also 
are made over national radio hook-ups, local stations, and short-wave 
stations. 

PUBLICATIONS AND STUDY MATERIAL : The extent to which the Church Peace 
Union uses publications in its program may be 6een by summarizing its 
activities in that field for the year 1944. The total circulation of 
its material for the year was 547,952. Titles include the following: 

The Study of Peace Aims in the Local Church — R. M. Fagley 
Christian Church and World Order 

Disciplines of Freedom -- Leslie Pennington 
Crossroads of Conflict — Carl J. Hambro 
Pattern for Peace - Interfaith Statement 
Pattern*s Progress - " " 

Program for Action 

Resources of Religion in World Organization 

Educating for World Order 

Palestine in War and Peace 
Pan-American Relations 
Anti-Semitism, Inc. 

Religious Literature for Chaplains and Service Men 

Price of Victory — Henry A. Wallace 

Crying Peace, Peace; When There is No Peace — Harry E. Fosdick 
Focus - on the Churches' Work for Yforld Order 

News Letter , 10 issues 
Time Has Come for Action 
A Layman's Program for Peace 


The general secretary recently prepared a Christmas message for service men 
overseas, working with Rex Stout, chairman of the Writers' War Board. 
























CIVIL SERVICE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 


A membership organization in the field of public personnel admini¬ 
stration. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37, Illinois 

Jeremiah J. Donovan, Acting Director 

PURPOSE : "To foster and develop interest in, and a wider applica¬ 
tion of sound personnel administration in the public service, based upon 
the principles of the merit system; to promote the study, development, 
and use of scientific methods of research and administration in the field 
of public personnel administration, and to encourage the collection and 
distribution of information as to methods used; to determine, formulate, 
and declare the fundamental principles involved in such administration 
and to standardize its terminology and definitions; to encourage the use 
of scientific methods of investigation and administration in the public 
employment field; and to promote the coordination of personnel research 
activities in the various fields." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Assembly was founded in 1906. Among its activities, 
one of the most important is the information and consulting service. 

The Assembly acts as a clearing-house for information concerning personnel 
laws, regulations, procedures, practices, forms, records, costs, and 
activities of public personnel agencies. This information is brought 
together, organized, and made available to members and others who are 
concerned with public personnel administration. 

Technical assistance is given to new personnel agencies in organizing, 
and in developing appropriate rules, regulations, forms, and procedures. 
Upon request, aid is rendered in preparing drafts of legislation. Tests 
used by member agencies are gathered and made available, upon approval 
of the agencies involved, to active agency members desiring such material. 
The Assembly endeavors to coordinate the research of its members and 
the work being carried on in this field by colleges and universities. 

Each year the Assembly sponsors an Annual Conference on Public Personnel 
Administration, at which personnel administrators and staff members from 
all over the United States and Canada gather to discuss problems of 
common interest. The Assembly also conducts regional meetings each year. 

The current officers are Henry F. Hubbard, president; James M. Mitchell, 
director (on leave); Jeremiah J. Donovan, acting director. 







CIVIL SERVICE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA -2- 


MEMBHiSHIP i Active members are civil service commissions and other 
public personnel agencies, and the members of their staffs, Any 
public official or other person or organization interested in improved 
public personnel administration may be elected to affiliate membership, 
and student membership is open to students of personnel administration 
or governmento 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Newsletter ., monthly 0 

Public Personnel Review a quarterly 0 

Employee Training in the Fublic Service n (1941) $2 o 50 o 

Public Relations of Public Personnel Agencies ,, (1941) #2 0 50 o 

Position-Classification in the Fublic Service , (1941) $4o50„ 

Etoplovee Relations in the Fublic Service ,, (l942) $3o00„ 

Recruiting Applicants for the Public Service 0 (1942) $3o00 o 

Oral Tests in Public Personnel Selection ,, (1943) t3°00 o 

The above list is only a partial selection., 













THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 


Nonprofit educational organization made up of teachers and scholars 
in the field of art. 

625 Madison Avenue Telephone: Wickersham 2-0537 

New York 22, N. Y. 


Peter Magill, Business Manager 

PURPOSE: "Founded by a group of American professors to raise the 
standards of scholarship and of the teaching of art throughout the 
country. For 30 years, the influence of these pioneers in art 
education has been felt far beyond the circle of academic halls. 
... By promoting discussion of the functions and methods of 
art instruction in this country, its activities are of vital 
importance to all teachers and scholars," (From an official 
statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The College Art Association of America was founded 
in 1912 and now has a membership of about 1,000. It is financed 
through membership dues and through contributions and grants. 

Its main publication, The Art Bulletin , is sustained by the fol¬ 
lowing institutions: Carnegie Foundation, Harvard University, 
Princeton University and the University of Chicago. The follow¬ 
ing cure contributing institutions: New York University, Columbia 
University, The Frick Collection, Vassar College, Bryn Vawr College, 
Smith College, Yale University, Institute for Advanced Study and 
Wellesley College. A second publication, The College Art Journal , 
is financed through membership dues. 

Among the traditional activities of the Association is the annual 
meeting, which has been suspended during the past war years. It 
was an important event, attended by leading scholars and teachers 
of art throughout the country. The lecture bureau, too, was more 
active before the war, providing museums and colleges throughout 
the country with lecturers on a variety of subjects pertaining to 
art. A service is maintained through which members may purchase 
current art books at substantial discounts, and there is a bureau 
for placing members in college and museum vacancies. 

The Association is a member of the American Council of Learned 
Societies. It works in close cooperation with several of the 
member organizations. Together with the Archaeological Insti¬ 
tute of America, it is sponsoring a series of studies in art and 
archaeology. 

The School of Classical Studies in the American Academy in Rome 
has recently invited the College Art Association, American 








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Historical Association and Mediaeval Academy of America to as¬ 
sociate themselves with it by appointing delegates to sit with 
its committees, in addition to the Archaeological Institute of 
America and the American Philological Association, which are al¬ 
ready associated with the American Academy. It is proposed that 
after the war, in addition to the classical scholars, these 
learned societies will each year choose one to three mature 
scholars in the fields of mediaeval and Renaissance studies, 
to study at the Academy, which will provide them with board 
and lodging. 

Since 1942 the Association has offered each year a limited 
number of grants-in-aid of graduate study, ranging from $200 
to $1,000, to highly qualified students in the history of art. 
These grants, which will continue for two or three more years, 
have been made possible through a generous gift of the Carnegie 
Corporation, They were especially designed to help American 
students through the final stages of their graduate work. 

Officers of the Association include: president, Rensselaer W. 

Lee, Smith College and Institute for Advanced Study; vice- 
president, Wolfgang Stechow, Oberlin College; secretary, 

Frederick B. Deknatel, Harvard University; treasurer, Mark 
Eisner, former chairman of the Board of Higher Education, City 
of New York. 

WARTIME OPERATION: : Various members of the Association have 
worked closely with government agencies. Dr. Sumner McK. 

Crosby, the former president, is a special advisor to the 
American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artis¬ 
tic and Historic Monuments in War Areas. Professor Paul J. 

Sachs, of Harvard University, honorary director of the Associa¬ 
tion, is a member of the Commission. Dr. Charles R. Morey, of 
Princeton University, honorary director of the Association, is 
vice-chairman of the committee of the American Council of 
Learned Societies on the protection of cultural treasures in 
war areas, which has assembled files of valuable information for 
the Commission and has supplied 700 maps of European and Far 
Eastern sites of historic and artistic importance to the Civil 
Affairs Division of the Army and to the Bomber Commands. Dr. 
Rensselaer W. Lee, of Smith College and the Institute for Ad¬ 
vanced Study, former editor of The Art Bulletin and newly-elected 
president of the Association, is the executive secretary of this 
committee. William L. M. Burke, of Princeton University, former 
assistant editor of the College Art Journal , is am advisor to 
the committee and supervises the production of maps. Dr. Agnes 
Rindge, of Vassar College, is a member of the staff of the Co¬ 
ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and Dr. Millard Meiss, of 
Columbia University, is writing the 0WI newsletter on research in 
art and archaeology. 






THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA -3- 


Through the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the Association 
has sent about 100 ^ets of The Art Bulletin to museums, schools 
and libraries in South America, It has set aside 50 sets for 
distribution in Europe after the war. It has already received 
inquiries about these from Russia, Holland and Spain, but no al¬ 
lotment has been made as yet. Two sets have been provided the 
OWI to send to France, 

MEMBERSHIP t 

Active member (institutions, instructors, artists, museum 
executives and students of fine arts) — $10, 

Annual member (collectors, connoisseurs and others interested 
in the serious study of art but not eligible for active member¬ 
ship) — $15. 

Life member — $250. 

Sustaining member — $1,000, 

(Subscriptions to both publications of the Association are included 
in the annual membership fee.) 

PUBLICATIONS t 

The Art Bulletin -- an illustrated quarterly devoted to 
scholarly articles and reviews on all periods of the history of 
art; $3 a copy. 

College Art Journal — a quarterly dealing primarily with 
problems of teaching; $1 a year. 











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COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD 


425 West 117th Street Telephones: University 4-6323 

New York 27, N. Y. 

P. 0. Box 592 Princeton 2653 

Princeton, New Jersey 

George W. Mullins, Executive Secretary and Treasurer 

PURPOSE : To prepare and give supervised examinations to qualify 
for entrance to certain American universities and colleges. 

ORGANIZATION : The Board, an educational organization established 
in 1900, represents a membership of 50 American colleges and uni¬ 
versities. While a majority of the institutions represented are 
in the East, the membership also includes the Universities of 
California, Chicago and others. 

A summary of the major activities of the Board for the academic 
year 1943-1944 will give a representative picture of not only its 
normal program but also of its wartime work. 

In 1943-1944 the Board offered its usual four series of college 
entrance tests: December 4, 1943, and April 15, June 3, and 
September 6, 1944. A total of 26,166 candidates took one or more 
of the tests, a larger number than ever before in the Board's 44 
years. 

In addition, the Board prepared, under the direction of the Bureau 
of Naval Personnel, and handled tests for men in the second term 
of the Navy V-12 college program. Three tests were held and a 
total of approximately 100,000 men were tested. 

The Board also directed the general operations of the first, second 
and third Army-Navy College Qualifying Tests which were given to 
high school seniors. Under this program more than 560,000 men were 
tested. 

The officers of the Board for 1944-1945 include: Chairman, Dean 
Karl G. Miller, University of Pennsylvania; Vice-Chairman, Pro¬ 
fessor Edward S. Noyes, Yale University; Executive Secretary and 
Treasurer, Professor George If. Mullins, Barnard College, Columbia 
University; Associate Secretary, Professor John M. Stalnaker, 
Princeton University. 





COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD -2- 


PUBLICATIONS : (representative of those prepared during 1943-1944) 

A series of five Bulletins of Information for 1943-1944 . 
Forty-Fourth Annual Renort of the Executive Secretary . 

Annual Handbook., .Termp. of .Admission to the, Colleges 

of the College Entrance Examination Board , being pre¬ 
pared for the press. 








A church group promoting action for world pea®©,, 

740 Rush Street Telephones Superior 7078 

Chicago lip Illinois 

Charles F 0 Boss*, Jrop Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE S w To advance the interests of the Kingdom of our Lord through 
international justice and the spirit of goodwill throughout the world; 
to endeavor to create the will to peace*, the conditions for peace*, 
and the organization for peaces and to organize effective action in 
the Church for the advancement of peace. M (from The Discipline of the 
Methodist Church .) 

ORGANIZATION The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
created a Commission on World Peace in 1924o Its present personnel 
is composed of two Bishops*, appointed by the Council of Bishops*, one 
minister and one layman from each Jurisdictional Conference*, and nine 
members at large appointed by the Council of Bishops 0 Among th© of=> 
fleers elected by the Commission ares chairman*, Rev. Ralph W 0 Sockman; 
secretary*, Rev 0 Paul Worley; executive secretary*, Rev. Charles F 0 Boss*, 
Jr. The Commission is a member of the National Peace Conference and 
cooperates with the World Council of Churches and the Federal Council 
of Churches of Christ in America 0 

QPERATIONS s Th® Commission on World Peace concentrates primarily upon 
the education of people and the churches*, upon guidance in the expres¬ 
sion of non-partisan political opinion bearing upon issues of war and 
peace*, and in the promotion of action for peace Q Consultation is 
carried on between the Commission and the State Department; the execu¬ 
tive secretary being accredited as an observer and consultant at the 
United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco„ 
The program involves the preparation and distribution of large quan¬ 
tities of specialized literature dealing with the problems of peace. 
Seminars and conferences for ministers and laymen are conducted. The 
Commission cooperates with the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace 
of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America in the wid® 
distribution of the latter 3 s publications throughout local Methodist 
Churches. The secretary of Young People’s Work conducts conference® 
on peace with church youth groups and with students*, and has contributed 
to youth action through publications for young people. 

Many thousands of laymen*, young people*, pastors*, the world peace and 
social relations committees of local churches*, women 0 s societies*, and 
qnrm«l conferences make requests to the Commission for couns©l on or¬ 
ganization*, materials and programs 0 






IMTERNATICNAL ACTIVITIES ; The Commission has helped Methodist young 
people from foreign countries in the United States and has assisted 
them in getting into summer training schools of international rela= 
tionSo Xoung people from China* India* Malaya,, Africa* and Latin 
American countries*, norr in the United States* have been granted scho¬ 
larships enabling them to participate in summer programs of world peace 
and international relations & The Methodist Church is planning an ex¬ 
change of students through its Board of Foreign Missionso In 1939 
a European Seminar for Methodist Youth was conducted by the executive 
secretary for the Churches delegates to the Amsterdam Conferences 
Bishop Go Bromley Oxnam* then chairman of the Commission 0 s Executive 
Committee* served as chairman of the Round Table of International 
Leaders at Princeton in 1943o 




Among the Commission s many publications are: 
Free. 

10*o 

a study guide* 20*o 

10* o 

10 * „ 

o 


Free 0 


World Peace Newsletter , monthly* 50* a year 











COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PEACE 


Devoted to research and education on international postwar 
problems. 

8 West 40th Street Telephone: Longacre 5-2100 

New York 18, N. Y. Cable Address: LEAGONAT 

James T. Shotwell, Chairman 

Clark M. Eichelberger, Director 

KJHPOSE: "The purpose of this Commission has been to seek out 
and state the principles upon which international relations must 
be reorganized, after the present conflict, if peace is to pre¬ 
vail,” ( Preliminary Report , November, 1940.) A second aim is 
to further popular education in its field. 

ORGANIZATION : The Commission was organized in November, 1939* 
with a two-fold purpose: to prepare studies on the organization 
of peace and to conduct a popular education program based on 
these studies. Hie studies are produced by a panel of 125 persons, 
experts in their respective fields. They include specialists in 
international relations and representatives of labor, business, 
farm, religious, and educational groups. The popular education 
program is under the direction of an education committee. The Com¬ 
mission is supported by private contributions and to a small extent 
by the sale of its publications. 

Its headquarters are in New York City, and it maintains an office 
in Washington (700 Jackson Place, N. W.). In addition there are 
15 regional or local commissions. James T. Shotwell, eminent 
historian, editor and student of international relations, is chair¬ 
man of the Commission. Clark M. Eichelberger, its director, has 
also been national director of the League of Nations Association 
since 1934. William Allan Neilson, president emeritus of Smith 
College, is chairman of the executive committee. 

Under its dual program of research and education, the Commission 
issues reports on its studies from time to time, also pamphlets, 
broadsides, study outlines, bibliographies, and documentary mate¬ 
rial. These publications are widely distributed among government 
agencies and national organizations; in colleges, universities and 
high schools, and among labor, business and farm groups. The Com¬ 
mission maintains a speakers bureau, organizes lecture and radio 
programs, and encourages local discussion groups, 

PUBLICATIONSj The Commission has issued four reports, the first,^ 
or Prenm^rv Report , which outlined the basic principles which 











COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PEACE -2- 


must underlie the organization of peace; the second report. The 
Transitional Period , dealing with the problem of transition from 
war to peace; the third report. The United Nations and the Organiza¬ 
tion of the Peace ; and the fourth report containing fundamentals of 
the International Organization, Part I - Security and World Organlza- 
Fio'n , Part it - Economic Organization of Welfare and Part III - 'lhe~ 
International SafeguarcTof Human Rights . 

Over 600,000 copies of the reports have been distributed to date. A 
number of specific studies on postwar problems are also in prepara¬ 
tion. A considerable body of popular literature, based in part on 
reports, has been prepared. This includes a hi#i school booklet. 
Toward Greater Freedom ; a study guide entitled Your Stake in the 
Peace ; a guide for community activity and discussion. The Peace We 
Want ; and a comprehensive bibliography, War , Peace and KeconslrucYlon . 

In addition to these, special handbooks designed for labor, business 
and farm groups havebeen issued. Documentary material has been com¬ 
piled in bulletin form for the use of organizations, government 
agencies, colleges and research workers. Many one-page flyers, sum¬ 
marizing the essentials of the Commission's reports and others 
stressing the necessity of planning during the war for the peace to 
follow, have been prepared. Oiese and special reprints of the Com¬ 
mission's nation-wide broadcasts have been widely distributed. In 
addition to these publications, a number of shorter pamphlets have 
been issued from time to time. Over 3*250,000 pieces of literature 
have been distributed to date, and the mailing list of requests for 
Commission material now numbers well over 45,000. 






























COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEE EDUCATION. INC . 

A voluntary association for teaching English and the essentials of 
citizenship to refugees. 

254 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Algonquin 4-4536 

New York, N. Y. 

Miss Hannah Moriarta, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "Formed out of the realization of the need for providing 
more English instruction suitable to the new type of adult immigrant 
than was available free through tax-supported facilities." (Official 
statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Committee was established in the slimmer of 1939 
through the initiative of Miss Winifred Fisher, director of the New 
York Adult Education Council. It is a loosely federated, decentralized, 
nonsectarian organization, consisting of and depending on the coopera¬ 
tion of 20 social agencies in New York City that are concerned with 
the welfare of refugees. 

Each agency was originally to contribute personnel or services toward 
the work of the Committee, which soon found it preferable to hire a 
staff of its own, so that it is now operationally independent of its 
associated agencies. These aid by giving advice and cooperation. All 
teachers work on a voluntary basis. 

In its work, the Committee complements that of the Board of Education. 
The Board is required by law to teach English and citizenship to all 
applicants, but its classes are often very large and it is not always 
possible to include only students of similar background and ability. 

The refugee group has a certain homogeneity which the entire foreign- 
born group does not attain. The Committee limits its registration 
to 15 students per class. 

Students are not supervised as to attendance or given any certificate. 
They are almost all middle-class and middle-aged, with a much more 
comprehensive intellectual equipment than can be expected from 
students that come at random to a Board of Education class. Hence, 
the Committee's work is fundamentally an experiment in adult educa¬ 
tion. Its students come from one of the associated agencies, from 
having heard of the Committee through friends or from notices over 
the radio and in the press. Many students are sent by the National 
Refugee Service. The Committee defines a refugee as anyone forced 
to leave Europe by political or economic conditions occasioned by 
Hitler in the last five years, but it is not too rigid in enforcing 
this length of stay. On November 1, 1944, the total registration 
in classes was 896. 


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COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEE EDUCATION. INC. -2- 


Among the agencies cooperating with the Committee are the 
American Friends Service Committee, National Jewish Welfare 
Board, National Council of Jewish Women, National Refugee 
Service, New York Adult Education Council, Young Men’s 
Christian Association of New York, Young Men's Hebrew As¬ 
sociation of New York, Young Women's Christian Association 
of New York, and Young Women's Hebrew Association of New 
York. 

Present officers of the board of the Committee include: 
chairman, Dr. Nelson F. Mead, professor of history, Col¬ 
lege of the City of New York; vice-chairmen, Mrs. Norman S. 
S. Goetz and Dr. Frank Kingdon, minister and educator. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Annual progress reports. 

A Guide to Materials for Teaching Ehglish to Refugees . 





THE COMMONWEALTH FUND 


A philanthropic foundation 0 

41 last 57th Street Telephones Volunteer 5=3770 

New York 22, N 0 Y 0 

Barry C 0 Smith, General Director 

PURPOSE ; To promote "the welfare of mankind 0 " 

ORGANIZATION : The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 by a gift 
from the late Mrs 0 Stephen V Q Harkness 0 Subsequent donations by Mrs 0 
Harkness and the late Mr c Edward S Q Harkness, president of the Fund 
from its founding until his death in 1940, increased the endowment„ 

The activities of the Fund are carried out through grants to other 
organizations and institutions, largely in the fields of medical edu¬ 
cation and research, other health services, mental health, and fellow¬ 
ships „ Technical and consultant service is made available through the 
executive staff and the following service divisions: public health, rural 
hospitals, education, and publications 0 A relatively small part of the 
Fund is reserved for various social, philanthropic, and educational 
purposes for which isolated grants are made 0 

The Fund is financed entirely by the income from its endowments, now about 
$48,000,000o It is managed by a board of directors, among whom are 
Malcolm P 0 Aldrich, president; Thomas D 0 Thacher, vice-president; Adrian 
Mo Massie, treasurer 0 Barry C a Smith is general director 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g The Fund offers some international fellow¬ 
ships,, These are limited to specified groups in the British Common¬ 
wealth and Latin America, and in neither case are individual applications 
received directly by the Fund 0 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Fund has made substantial grants for war relief 
and related purposesc Among the agencies to which it has contributed are 
the American Red Cross; American Friends Service Committee; British 
War Relief Society, Inc 0 ; United China Relief, Inc 0 ; United Service 
Organizations for National Defense, Inc 0 







THE COMMONWEALTH FUND 


-2- 


FUBLICATIONS ? 

Annual Report n 

News-Letter 

Studies and reports growing out of the work of the Fund or of co¬ 
operating agencies, as well as other books of value in the fields in 
which the Fund is interested 0 








COMMUNITY CHESTS AND COUNCILS. INC . 

The national association of local community chests and councils 
of social agencies. 

155 East 44th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 6-2923 

New York 17, N. Y. 

Ralph H. Blanchard, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To assist in the development of community organiza¬ 
tion for health and welfare, and to give service and leadership to 
local community chests and councils of social agencies in joint 
financing, joint planning and interpretation of social work." 

ORGANIZATION : Community Chests and Councils, Inc. was established 
in 1918. It is incorporated ilnder New York State laws as a non¬ 
profit organization to do everything it can to further the chest- 
council movement and to assist chests and councils wherever possible, 

A board of directors and an executive committee composed of out¬ 
standing laymen and chest, council and other social work executives 
from all sections of the country, guide t*»e organization's policies. 

The local community and war chests that make up the CC<&C are coopera¬ 
tive organizations of citizens and welfare agencies. They V ave two 
chief functions: raising funds each year primarily for their affili¬ 
ated social welfare, health, and recreation agencies; and promoting 
effective planning, coordination and administration of the social 
welfare, health and recreation services of a community. During war 
and other emergency periods, they may also raise funds for local, 
national and international war and emergency relief and service. 

The funds which they secure are raised by a community-wide appeal 
and distributed in accordance with a systematic budget procedure. 

Councils are representative organizations usually closely related 
to the chests. They are voluntary associations of representatives 
of tax-supported and private social welfare, health and recreation 
agencies, and interested individuals, who carry primary responsibility 
for the planning and coordination of the entire community social 
welfare program. 

OPERATIONS : Community Chests and Councils, Inc. provides consulta¬ 
tion, information and field service and maintains a library; annually 
publishes bulletins including a directory of community and war chests, 
and councils, and statistics on campaign results and chest budgeting; 
represents the movement in its relation to the national government and 
various national groups; arranges national and regional conferences and 
institutes; conducts a training course for executives in conjunction 
with Ohio State University; makes special statistical and factual 






COf.'I.UNITY CRESTS AND COUNCILS. INC . -2- 


studies and publishes the findings; offers local chests and councils 
advisory service on campaign and social planning methods, and on 
publicity and interpretation; and carries on continuous correspondence 
in respect to special problems of local organizations. A national 
year-round publicity program on behalf of local community and war 
chests, including preparation and distribution of syndicated mater¬ 
ials, is carried on. 

CC&C sponsors two annual institutes: the Great Lakes Institute for 
Social Work Executives at College Camp, Wisconsin; and the Blue Ridge 
Institute for Social Work Executives at Blue Ridge, NortR Carolina. 

The Committees on Social Service Exchange and on Volunteer Service 
serve as focal points for the development of these services. 

Community Chests and Councils, Inc. has developed a most effective 
method of making local community social surveys to determine welfare 
needs with a minimum of irrelevant factual data. This method is 
well repr sented in The Providence Survey , a 91-page report published 
in 1936. 

CC&C is willing to furnish information to other countries about its 
activities and its method of coordinating local social services. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is composed of and open to community and war 
chests and councils of social agencies throughout the country. Four 
hundred and seventy-fiv.-. local groups make up the CC&C. Councils 
pay nominal annual dues and community and war chests become members 
by paying annually one-quarter of one percent of the amount secured 
in t^e campaign exclusive of appropriations to national 7/ar appeals. 

Chests and councils in twenty-eight Canadian cities are members. 

PUBLICATIONS : Community . A periodical published monthly excqpt 
July and August. Discusses current news and concerns of community 
and war chests and councils of social agencies. Included with 
membership. 


On the Alert . A mimeograp hed bulletin issued as 
necessary to inform state and local organizations regarding special 
news of importance to them. Included with membership. 

Directory of Community and/or War Chests and Councils 
in the United States and Canada and South Africa . Issued annually in 
January. $1.00 to members. $1.25 to non-members. 










CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE 


Service organization of the Congregational Christian Churches of 
the United States. 

289 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Gramercy 5-2121 

New York 10, N. Y. 

Reverend James C. Flint, Director 

PURPOSE : Servicing emergency relief needs, particularly those overseas 

ORGANIZATION : The Congregational Christian Service Committee, estab¬ 
lished in 1943, is one of the operating agencies of the Council for 
Social Action of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United 
States. The Council for Social Action, in turn, is a constituent of 
the General Council of the church, and is the arm of the General 
Council that is concerned with international relationships, inter- 
cultural problems and the political scene. 

The Service Committee has an executive committee of eight, and a total 
of 14 members in various parts of the country. Funds for maintenance 
of the Committee came from individual gifts from members of Congrega¬ 
tional Christian Churches of the United States. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Committee is a member of the American Council 
of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service. It is also cooperating 
with UNRRA and has two major units working with UNRRA, one planning 
to go to Italy early in 1945, the other, now in the field, in Greece. 
The mission to Italy will be a medical mission planned in cooperation 
with the Unitarian Service Committee; this mission, of 14 members, 
will direct a feeding program for Italian children and expectant and 
nursing mothers. The group of 10 members now in Greece is a general 
relief mission. There are workers also in Lisbon. 

Through the Committee, about one million pounds of used clothing was 
gathered for the recent UNRRA drive. There are also now in operation 
through the Congregational Christian Churches in the United States 
sewing programs which, it is hoped, will yield 250,000 new garments. 

The Service Committee is also assisting the Women's Committee for 
Chaplains of the Congregational Christian Churches with plans for 
making sewing kits for service men. 

Mrs. Frieda Demarest, Memorial Hall, London, is the Committee repre¬ 
sentative in Great Britain, working with the Congregational Churches 
there; she has worked with the British churches in arranging 
hospitality programs for American service men, cooperating in this 






CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE -2 


with American chaplains, and has also assisted in the administra¬ 
tion of relief funds sent by the Committee for work in Ehgland 
and In the distribution of gifts of clothing. The Committee now 
has 11 workers overseas, and early in 1945 hopes to have about 25* 

The Committee also sponsors a letter-writing project between the 
young people of America and those of Great Britain. 

The Committee is primarily interested in temporary emergency needs 
which can be met through mobile services; it is not interested in 
building permanent institutions. The expectation, however, is 
that the Committee will outlast the war emergency. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Lest We Forget — four-page newsletter appearing several 
times a year; free; published by the Congregational Christian 
Committee for V»ar Victims and Services. 





CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS 


A national organization of American industrial workers. 

718 Jackson Place, N. W. Telephone: Executive 5581 

Washington 6, D. C. 

Kermit Eby, Director of Research and Education 

PURPOSE : "To bring about the effective organization of the working men 
and women of America regardless of race, creed, color, or nationality, 
and to unite them for common action into labor unions for their mutual 
aid and protection. 

"To extend the benefits of collective bargaining and to secure 
for the workers means to establish peaceful relations with their employers, 
by forming labor unions capable of dealing with modern aggregates of in¬ 
dustry and finance. 

"To maintain determined adherence to obligations and responsibi¬ 
lities under collective bargaining and wage agreements. 

"To secure legislation safeguarding the economic security and 
social welfare of the workers of America, to protect and extend our demo¬ 
cratic institutions and civil rights and liberties, and thus to perpetuate 
the cherished traditions of our democracy." (From the Constitution of the 
CIO) 

ORGANIZATION : In 1935 a Committee for Industrial Organization was set up 
within the American Federation of Labor, for the purpose of unionizing 
workers in the mass production industries. Twelve industrial unions were 
organized by the Committee, but in 193& dissension between industrial 
unionism and craft unionism led to the independence of the Committee 
from the AFL. In 1938 the Committee held its first constitutional con¬ 
vention and changed its name to the Congress of Industrial Organizations. 

The CIO is composed of approximately 6 million members belonging to 41 
national and international unions and organizing committees, covering the 
major industries in the United States and Canada. Also affiliated are 
industrial union councils organized on a regional basis, composed of the 
locals of unions within a specific territory. Ekch industrial union is 
autonomous and elects its own officers at its annual convention. 

The supreme authority of the organization is its annual national conven¬ 
tion composed of delegates from each affiliate. At the convention poli- 
cies and programs are adopted and officers elected. CIO is governed by a 
president, Philip Murray, secretary-treasurer, James B. Carey, and nine 
vice-presidents who are members of the Executive Board by virtue of their 
office. 





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The Executive Board directs the program of the CIO and establishes 
whatever administrative departments and standing committees are necessary. 
Regional directors and field representatives throughout the U 0 S 0 direct 
the work of the CIO organizing committees 0 

Besides its concern with wages, hours, and working conditions in a given 
locality, the CIO has taken an interest in other fields affecting the 
living standards of workers a It is engaged in research on cost-of-living 
and general economic problems 0 It proposes and supports legislation and 
has entered into the field of politics with the formation of a permanent 
Political Action Committee 0 Its Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimina¬ 
tion has worked in the field of race relations, seeking specifically to 
prevent discrimination in employment 0 It publishes literature and bib¬ 
liographies on subjects of current national and international interest 
which are distributed to workers throughout the country 0 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ? In 1941 the CIO set up its War Relief Committee which 
raises funds for the national war relief agencies and sponsors special 
projects of its own 0 (it is described elsewhere in the Directory under 
the heading. National CIO War Relief Committee 0 ) 

CIO has aimed its war program at the prevention of strikes and stoppages 
of work, formulated in its No-Strike Pledge at the outset of the war 0 
Local unions have participated in over 1500 Labor-Management Committees 
working toward increasing production and toward the solution of industrial 
conflict} and CIO representatives have served on the War Labor Board and 
the War Production Board 0 

POST-WAR PLANS : A recommendation passed at the 1944 convention urged that 
all unions provide in their collective bargaining agreements that veterans 
who are employed for the first time be accorded seniority for their period 
in the service, and urged the granting of cumulative seniority for veterans 
previously employed to their period in the service,, The convention also 
recommended that the unions establish committees on a local and national 
basis to aid veterans in securing jobs, and in obtaining the benefits to 
which they are entitled„ 

The CIO is studying the problems of post-war reconversion of war indus¬ 
tries and the disposal of government-owned war plants to prevent post-war 
low production, high prices, and monopolistic control*. Together with the 
AFL and the Chamber of Commerce, the CIO has ratified a labor-management 
charter of principles devoted to the promotion of harmony in industrial 
relations and to stimulate the highest degree of production, employment 
at wages that assure a steady advance in the standard of living 0 This 
charter laid the foundation for the formation of joint committees of busi¬ 
ness and labor to work together in the post-war period<, 





CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS -3° 


The CIO supports the adoption of a national public works program. It 
supports the establishment of the Missouri Valley Authority,, Various 
unions of the CIO are cooperating with community groups in stimulating 
public and private housing programs providing for large-scale low-cost 
housing and community development 0 The CIO backs the Wagner-Murray- 
Dingell Bill to broaden the coverage of social security and the Thomas 
Bill for federal aid to state education„ 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? In 1944 President Murray began consultations 
with the British Trades Union Congress toward the organization of a World 
Trade Union Conference,, The Conference was held in London in February, 
1945. It appointed a Committee to draw up plans for a constitutional 
convention to establish a World Trade Union Federation,, The CIO is 
represented on this Committee by President Murray, Sidney Hillman, Presi¬ 
dent of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and R„ J. Thomas, 
President of the United Automobile Workers. 

The CIO Committee on Latin American affairs works toward deepening 
and extending cooperation and understanding between the CIO and labor 
movements of the Latin American countries and their Confederation, 

C.T.A.L. CIO was represented on an international commission which 
visited Italy to study labor conditions and help reform the Italian 
Confederation of Labor-. 

The CIO is planning to contribute to the rehabilitation of foreign trade 
unions. Whatever aid is given in the way of materials for work or for 
relief will be determined by requests from accredited trade union organi¬ 
zations in foreign countries. The War Relief Committee of the CIO has 
lists of names of foreign trade union personnel which they will supply 
to OWI outpost workers who indicate where they are needed. 

MEMBERSHIP : Certificates are issued by the Executive Board to the affili¬ 
ates who contribute monthly per capita payments as follows: 

National and international unions - 5£ 

Organizing committees - 5£ 

Local industrial unions - 5£ 

The industrial union councils pay an annual fee of $25 and each affiliate 
pays a $25 fee to the Congress when it joins. 

PUBLICATIONS : The CIO prepares many pamphlets and leaflets ranging in 
price from lOtf to 50£. They are sold in bulk to unions at a reduced 
rate. The more prominent of these pamphlets are The Pol itical Primer 
for All Americans . Labor and Education , Good Shelt er for Everyone °_a 
Housing Frogram . Labor and Religion , and several pamphlets on recon¬ 
version and post-war employment. 

CIO Headquarters publishes the following periodicals: 












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The CIO News - official weekly newspaper of the CIO, $1 yearly. 
Union News Service - a weekly clipsheet for editors. 

Economic Outlook - a monthly survey of current economic facts, 
$1 yearly. 









CONSUMERS UNION OF THE UNITED STATES. INC„ 

A non-profit organization which tests commercial products and supplies 
information about them„ 

17 Union Square Telephones Algonquin 4-8050 

New York 3, N„ Y 0 

Arthur Kallet, Executive Director 

PURPOSES "To obtain and provide for consumers information and counsel 
on consumer goods and services 0 a O to give information and assistance on 
all matters relating to the expenditure of earnings the family 
income,, 0o to initiate and cooperate with individual and group efforts 
seeking to create and maintain decent living standards 0 " (Statement 
in Charter) 

ORGANIZATION: The Consumers Union was established in 1936 0 It is opera¬ 
ted on a non-profit basis, and its income is derived from its subscribing 
members and the sale of publications„ Each subscriber, of which there 
are now 75,000, has a vote in the annual election of direetors 0 The 
Union has no connection with any manufacturer, distributing or other 
commercial interest, and sells no advertising,. 

The present officers ares Colston E e Warne, president? Arthur Kallet, 
executive director? Hartley W 0 Gross, vice-president? Harold Aaron, sec¬ 
retary? Bernard J 0 Reis, treasurer,, 

OPERATIONS g Through its many publications, the Union supplies infor¬ 
mation on the comparative values of products,, listing them as "best buys", 
"acceptable" or "not acceptable"„ Most of the product ratings carried 
in the Reports and the Buying Guide are based on tests made by techni¬ 
cians on the Union 0 s staff? some tests are conducted by outside consul¬ 
tants in university, government or private laboratories„ The tests are 
planned after study of correspondence and questionnaires to see what 
information CU members want, and after market surveys by CU shoppers in 
many parts of the country,, Samples of the products to be rated are 
bought on the open market and are then compared on the basis of scienti¬ 
fic laboratory tests, carefully controlled use tests, the opinion of 
qualified authorities, the experience of a large number of persons, or 
on a combination of these factors„ 

In addition to brand ratings, advice is given, where possible, on how 
the consumer can judge products for himself „ Members are also told how 
to take care of the things they buy to get maximum use u The Reports 
give much valuable information on numerous subjects of general importance 
to customers - medical care, nutrition, taxes, etc Q For the guidance of 
those who wish to be assured that the goods they buy are made under satis¬ 
factory working conditions, reports are occasionally made on wages, hours, 






CONSU MERS UNION OF THE U M T £ D, ST A T^, INC A -2- 
and employee relations in various industries 0 

The operating departments of the Union which carry on the above activi¬ 
ties are: technical, medical, editorial, library, and technical control 
committee,, 

The Union has produced two films which are available for educational 
purposes to other organizations„ One film is on buying used carsj the 
other is concerned with milk, shoes, and the hazards of lead poisoning 0 
The CU is particularly interested in reaching schools and youth groups, 
men's and women’s groups, unions and auxiliaries in its educational 
programo There is a section in the Reports entitled ’’Group Activity” 
which seeks to stimulate group interest in consumer education,, 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; The Union is interested in getting information 
from abroad on standards and methods of testing consumer goods„ It 
would also like to know if there are any consumer organizations of a 
similar nature abroad„ 

MEMBERSHIP : Any consumer may become a subscriber„ The cost is $4o00 
a year, or for group membership (five or more subscribing at the same 
time), $3o00 a year per person,, 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Consumer Reports „ monthly 0 
Buying Guide , annuals 

Bread and Butter , weekly,, This covers news of legislation, and 
of government and other activities affecting consumers,, 










COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U. S. A. 


An education, publicity and organization agency for the whole con¬ 
sumer cooperative movement in the USA, 

National headquarters: 

343 South Dearborn Street 
Chicago 4, Illinois 

New York office: 

167 West 12th Street Telephone: Chelsea 2-3320 

New York 11, N. Y. Cable Address: COOP AM 

E. R, Bowen, General Secretary, Chicago Office 
Wallace G, Campbell, Assistant Secretary in 
charge of the New York Office 

PURPOSE : "To foster the development of consumer and purchasing co¬ 
operatives in the United States and to promote consumer education 
and consumer information in the public welfare." (Official state¬ 
ment) 

ORGANIZATION : The national consumer cooperative movement in the 
United States, which has a total membership of 2,500,000, is 
organized around two central agencies-which service the regional 
organizations and through them the local cooperatives: (l) Co¬ 
operative League of the USA, the educational and organizational 
body, and (2) National Cooperatives, Inc., the business body. 

The Cooperative League was established in 1916 and has a membership 
of 1,500,000. Its educational program includes weekly news releases 
to 1,000 newspapers, the production and distribution of a dozen co¬ 
op movies, nation-wide radio broadcasts, and the gathering of 
articles to appear in magazines, leaflets, pamphlets and books, 
produced by the League and by well-known publishers. 

To keep in close touch with cooperatives and cooperators, the 
League carries on its work through a number of national committees. 
There are active cojnmittees on education, publicity, personnel, 
women's activities, sales and advertising, finance, recreation, 
architecture, auditing and legislation. 

The League-sponsored National Cooperative Recreational Society, 
now in its eighth year, through its summer training school annually 
prepares 75 to 100 people who go back to their local cooperatives 
and offer leadership in developing group-centered programs. 

The administrative offices and library of Rochdale Institute are 
now located at the Chicago headquarters of the League. Founded 





COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U. S. A. -2- 


in 1937 as a national training center, Rochdale Institute regularly 
offers courses to prepare men and women for work as educational 
directors and managers. Its program of education is being very 
greatly expanded. 

National Cooperatives, Inc., is co-partner with the League in 
building the cooperative structure of America, It came into 
being in 1933 and is charged with commodity procurement on a 
nation-wide scale for the regional cooperatives. It is also 
a manufacturing and merchandising agency for the cooperatives. 

Officers of the League include Murray D. Lincoln, president; 

Howard A. Cowden, vice-president; and E. R. Bowen, general 
secretary. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Cooperative League is the of¬ 
ficial United States member of the International Cooperative 
Alliance. Before the war, the national federations of co¬ 
operative societies in 40 countries were united in the Alli¬ 
ance. This organization, with headquarters in London, was 
formed in 1895 and has held its international congresses and 
performed its multitude of international services since that 
time. Before the Nazi regime, the Alliance was a federation 
of 124,000 cooperative societies in 39 countries, with 
100,000,000 members. The yearly business of consumer cooperatives 
amounted to 33 billion dollars, with housing, banking and insurance 
included. As soon as political conditions will permit, the Inter¬ 
national Cooperative Alliance will resume its functions and again 
hold congresses. In the meantime, the London office of the ICA 
or the New York office of the Cooperative League will undertake 
to furnish any information desired on international activities. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : Following the cooperative congress in Min¬ 
neapolis in 1942, a committee on international cooperative re¬ 
construction was formed to further the purposes of the congress 
"to focus attention on the value of producer marketing and con¬ 
sumer purchasing cooperatives in postwar relief and rehabilita¬ 
tion and to urge authorities in charge of such work for the United 
Nations to make maximum use of the experience, through the great 
resources and the world-wide connections of the movement." It 
was to point out also that cooperatives, in the reconstruction 
period, will prove to be stabilizing influences in support of 
democratic political governments as and when established in 
victim countries. 

Further plans for international activities were developed at 
another international reconstruction conference held in Wash¬ 
ington in 1944* 






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Unlted States cooperatives are ready to furnish seed, farm machinery 
and fertilizer to European cooperatives if and when necessary. 

The League works closely with UNRRA, although there is no formal af- 
filiation. The nature of cooperatives and their strong prewar status 
in other countries point to their usefulness in the rehabilitation 
job ahead. Dr. Lincoln Clark, of the UNRRA staff, has been especial¬ 
ly designated to work on problems of rehabilitation through cooperatives. 

The League has an active committee on international reconstruction, 
already planning how to help in the job of rebuilding co-ops in 
Europe after the war. Through the International Cooperative Alli¬ 
ance, the League links cooperatives in America with the movement in 
other countries to maintain and expand a world-wide cooperative 
program. 

A world-wide Freedom Fund is being raised to aid in cooperative 
reconstruction and rehabilitation. By February, 1945, a total 
of $100,000 had been raised in the United States and $1,000,000 
in Great Britain. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Cooperative League News Service — weekly. 

Monograph: Cooperative Facilities as Available in Prewar 
Europe . 

Pamphlet: Co-ops Plan for Postwar Reconstruction . 

A Film Directory of Sound and Silent Motion Pictures . 


Semi-annual catalogues listing the large number of publications 
issued by the Cooperative League of the USA. 

















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COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY 


Conducting a domestic program in the interests of a dynamic 
democracy. 

11 West 42nd Street Telephone: Wisconsin 7-1616 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Robert A. Jenkins, Vice-President 

PURPOSE : "A national nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization of 
independent citizens committed to the preservation of the principles 
of genuine American democracy, of the American system of private 
enterprise, and to the protection of American rights of minority 
groups, the Council has two functions. The first, by taking a 
militant stand from time to time, to alert the American people to 
particular issues and to special dangers as they appear in new or 
recurrent form. The second, to stimulate thought-leaders of the 
country to an awareness of specific problems and to an apprecia¬ 
tion of values by which those issues should be decided. 

"The Council places special emphasis upon the creation of effec¬ 
tive local and national opinion on economic, social and inter¬ 
national problems. It specializes in the progressive harmoniz¬ 
ing of the relations between labor and management, on the removal 
of the tensions and conflicts in racial and strained religious 
relations and in the clarification of selected international is¬ 
sues in order to strengthen America's cooperative position in 
foreign affairs." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : "The Council For Democracy was founded a year before 
Pearl Harbor (August, 1940) for the purpose of stimulating thought 
and democratic action by the American public during the period of 
America's real but undeclared involvement in the war. At that time, 
isolation was widespread, and that isolation was far more than mere¬ 
ly an ajati-war movement. It was also in many ways an anti-democratic 
movement. The founders of the Council knew that democracy needed 
organized defense as strong as the foreign propaganda then deluging 
this country. Our first activities were therefore aimed to counter¬ 
act the infiltration of this vicious foreign propaganda by present¬ 
ing as vigorously as possible the positive aspects of democratic' 
ideas. During its first year the Council was frankly an organiza¬ 
tion for democratic propaganda. 

"With Pearl Harbor and America's formal entrance into the war the 
need for united national effort became rapidly more and more evident. 
We then marshaled our facilities in a concentrated effort to attack 





COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY -2- 


some of the concrete problems immediately facing us on the home 
front. The Council found itself with the unique distinction of 
being asked to solve many of these problems because it had be¬ 
come recognized as a powerful force of American citizens whose 
disinterested and straight thinking seemed to be able to produce 
results that neither the government nor special interest groups 
could accomplish." (Official statement) 

The Council makes use of all channels of communication to reach 
the public. Since 1940, major radio networks have donated over 
$800,000 worth of time to the Council. Its radio programs have 
won Variety magazine's award for "outstanding patriotic service". 
Increasing editorial comment and news space attest to the sound¬ 
ness and effectiveness of the Council's program, the organization 
points out. 

The Council's attack on racial discrimination in the industrial 
field has developed effective policies and plans used now in 
industrial communities throughout America. Other national 
continuing undertakings of the Council are critical studies of 
postwar employment of service men and an analysis of compulsory 
military training in peacetime. 

The Council makes use of the conference method to bring together 
leaders of different groups and interests. It has a nation-wide 
audience made up of individual leaders in every state and has an 
active working tie-up with the major organized groups of men and 
women throughout the nation. 

The Council has no affiliations and is supported by funds obtained 
directly by its board of directors, its officers, and by direct 
mail. Officers include: chairman of the board, Raymond Gram 
Swing, radio news analyst; president, Ernest Angell, lawyer and 
author; vice-president, Robert A. Jenkins, sales and management 
executive. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Sneaking Freely — a bulletin of briefs for broadcasters; 
used regularly by hundreds of broadcasters, newscasters and 
commentators. 

Write Now — a bi-weekly bulletin covering issues of cur¬ 
rent importance. 







COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. INC. 


A nonpartisan, noncommercial organization to study and encourage 
the study of American foreign relations. 

58 East 68th Street Telephone; Butterfield 8-6750 

New York 21. N. Y. Cable Address: FORAFFAIRS and 

ORAFFAIRS 


Walter H. Mallory, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : Through its program of research, publication, and con¬ 
ference, n (l) to afford a continuous conference on international 
questions affecting the USA by bringing together experts on state¬ 
craft, finance, industry, education, and science; (2) to create 
and stimulate international thought among the people of the United 
States; and, to this end, (3) to cooperate with the government of 
the United States and with international agencies, coordinating 
international activities by eliminating insofar as possible, dup¬ 
lication of effort to create new bodies and to employ such other 
and further means, as from time to time may seem wise and proper." 
(Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Council was established in 1921. It is governed 
by four officers and 18 members of a revolving board of directors. 
Its present officers are: president, Russell C. Leffingwell, New 
York banker; vice-president, Allen W. Dulles, New York lawyer; 
secretary, Frank Altschul, New York banker; treasurer, Clarence E. 
Hunter; and executive director, Walter H. Mallory. 

The membership of the Council is made up of United States citizens 
with a knowledge of foreign affairs and some working relation to 
them; it is limited to about 600 and is granted only by invitation. 
There are about 400 resident members (residents of New York or its 
immediate vicinity) and 200 nonresidents (residents of other parts 
of the United States). 

The Council has worked in collaboration with the Department of 
State, several members of which are also members of the Council. 

By an informal arrangement, the Council may use the diplomatic 
pouch for important communications. The State Department sub¬ 
scribes to the Council*s publication, Foreign Affairs, and distri¬ 
butes it to all United States missions. 

The Council maintains one of the best research libraries on inter¬ 
national affairs in the United States. It consists of some 25,000 
volumes, also pamphlet material and clipping files. It is open to 
qualified students. 







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The work of the Council is financed largely by membership fees 
and the income from publications. Grants from the Rockefeller 
and Carnegie Foundations are made in support of its research 
activities. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council*s interest in foreign 
affairs is primarily an interest in the effect of foreign af¬ 
fairs upon the United States. It has cooperated closely with 
two sister organizations: The Royal Institute of International 
Affairs, Chatham House, London, and Centre d'Etudes de Politique 
Etrangere, 13 Rue du Four, Paris. There is no formal affilia¬ 
tion with these two organizations, but material is exchanged 
with them. 

The Council's quarterly publication, Foreign Affairs , has a 
wide circulation in Europe (approximately 4,000 of a total of 
15,000). Seventy sets of Foreign Affairs have been stockpiled 
by the American Library Association; sbme sets by the Dutch 
government, and the Council has available about 200 additional 
sets. 

The Council on Foreign Relations served as the American member 
of the International Studies Conference until 1936. In that 
year a permanent committee was set up, largely at the instiga¬ 
tion of the Council, to collaborate with the International 
Studies Conference, organized by the International Institute 
of Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations. The 
Council has had permanent representation on this committee, 
whose work, as its name implies, has been that of research on 
international problems. 

The Council has been host to a great number of distinguished 
foreign speakers, for example: Clemenceau, Ramsay MacDonald, 
Eruning, Anthony Eden, Count Sforza, General Smuts, President 
Prado, King George of Greece, and others. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Foreign Affairs , an American Quarterly Review -- $5 a year. 
The United States in World Affairs — annual. 

Political Handbook of the World — annual; $2.75. 

Foreign Affairs Bibliography 

Directory of American Agencies Interested in International 

Affairs — by Ruth Savord; $2. 

Books on particular aspects of foreign affairs. List on applica¬ 
tion. 














COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS 


A non-profit educational community organization incorporating the local 
affiliates of national institutions of foreign affairs 0 

922 Society for Savings Building Telephones Main 1102 

Cleveland 14, Ohio 

Dr 0 Brooks Bneny, President 

Dr 0 Shepherd L„ Witman, Director 

PURPOSE : To develop an informed public opinion on America's relation* 
abroad; to provide for cooperation on the community level among the local 
membership of national organizations in international affairs 0 

ORGANIZATION s The Council on World Affairs traces its origins from 
1923 when a number of local organizations established a clearing house 
for the exchange of information on international affairs„ During the 
Presidency of Newton D 0 Baker, one of its founders, it became an inde¬ 
pendent organization known as the Foreign Affairs Council The present 
name was adopted in 1943 0 

The Council is governed by an elected Board of Trustees, an executive 
staff and chairmen of the following divisions created to administer specia¬ 
lized phases of the Council's programs Inter-American Division, European 
Division, Postwar Planning Division, Far East Division, British Etapire 
Division 0 The educational functions of the Inter-American Division are 
administered by the Cleveland Council on Inter-American Affairs which is 
federated with the Council on World Affairs c Each of the other Divisions 
relates its work as far as possible with a national research institution,, 
The Far East Division serves as the Cleveland Affiliate of the Institute 
of Pacific Relations and the Postwar Planning Division represents in 
part the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace 0 A single member¬ 
ship in the Council provides for full participation in all Divisions,, 

The Council is affiliated with the Foreign Policy Association, the In¬ 
stitute of Pacific Relations and the Carnegie Ehdowment for International 
Peace,, 

OPERATIONS : Each year, the Council sponsors 35 lectures by authories on 
the political, economic and strategic aspects of present world relations„ 
Enphasis is placed on American foreign policy, particularly foreign 
trade, finance and diplomacy„ A special fund established in the memory 
of Newton D 0 Baker provides for a minimum of six annual lectures given 
by outstanding scholars and statesmen, and for the publication of these 
lectureso 







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Other activities organized by the Council include a men’s discussion 
group, a women’s discussion group, an annual Institute on special phases 
of international affairs and radio programs. In addition to these di¬ 
rect programs, the Council offers to individuals, study groups, schools, 
churches, civic organizations, and industrial firms, special aids to 
facilitate the study of world affairs. It maintains a pamphlet shop 
which carries in stock at low cost publications of more than 30 public and 
private institutions of international research. This shop assembles 
special pamphlet kits, prepares bibliographies, makes loans of maps and 
operates a mail service by which individuals, study groups, leaders and 
members of the Armed Forces may receive at regular intervals the most 
recent pamphlets on international affairs. 


The Council maintains a roster of local speakers and assists and advises 
groups on the suitability of educational films related to world problems 
which it also helps them obtain. It has an extensive library of books, 
periodicals and clipping files. 


MEMBERSHIP: 


Sustaining: 

$25.00 

Full: 

$10.00 

Family: 

$ 6.00 

Cost: 

$ 5.00 

Minimum: 

$ 4.00 


Publications of the Foreign Policy Association, Institute of Pacific Re¬ 
lations and the Council on Foreign Relations are included in the various 
categories of membership. Sustaining and full memberships also include 
membership privileges to adult members of the family. 




THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 

OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 

A school of music interested primarily in the development of pro*- 
fessional musicians who wish to obtain the bachelor’s degree or 
advanced degrees, but also offering courses to special and pre- 
paratory students 0 

26 Gibbs Street Telephone: Stone 2212 

Rochester, N 0 Y 0 


Howard Hanson, Director 
Arthur H 0 Larson, Secretary-Registrar 

PURPOSES (l) To give the student intensive professional training 
in the field of his particular interest! (2) to equip him with a 
solid foundation of thorough musicianship and (3) to develop a 
sufficiently broad background of general education to enable him 
to become an effective member of society 0 

ORGANIZATION g George Eastman® s interest in music and in the Uni¬ 
versity of Rochester led him in 1918 to present to the University 
the property and corporate rights of the Institute of Musical Art, 
an independent institution founded five years earlier 0 In 1919 
he opened the way for wide expansion by purchasing a site for a 
new buildingp erecting a modern and complete music school and pro¬ 
viding generous funds for its endowment 0 

The largest department of the Eastman School is its orchestral 
department, which maintains three symphony orchestras and a band, 
all of which broadcast on major networks<, Many alumni of this 
department are now members of prominent symphony orchestras in 
the United States, while others are outstanding composers and 
performers as well as deans and directors of public school music 
departments, professors of theory, composition and history, and 
teachers in all branches of applied music 0 

The influence of the Eastman School of Music in the development 
of American music is well known 0 Through its American composers’ 
concerts, its annual Symposia of American Music and its annual 
Festivals of American Music, the Eastman School has presented over 
900 orchestral works by American composers 0 It has sponsored the 
publication of many orchestral works and, with the Eastman- 
Rochester Symphony Orchestra, has recorded numerous American 
compositionso 






THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 

OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 


- 2 - 


The facilities of the school include Kilbourn Hall* a small hall 
seating 500 persons for recitals and chamber music* and the East¬ 
man Theatre with a seating capacity of 3 ,>300* an auditorium 
suitable for concerts* operas and motion pictures. Adjacent to 
the building that houses the School of Music and the Eastman 
Theatre are three large buildings which provide shops for con¬ 
struction of scenery* additional practice rooms* classrooms* 
quarters for the opera department and the library 0 

The Sibley Music Library contains approximately 52*000 volumes* 
including manuscripts* incunabula and original and definitive 
editions 0 It is particularly rich in the fields of early theory, 
French opera* orchestral and chamber music„ It occupies a separate 
building erected in 1937 and offers unusual advantages for graduate 
study 0 

The student body* which now numbers more than 500* represents wide 
geographical distribution,, Every state in the Union has been re¬ 
presented and students have come from Alaska* the Canal Zone* 

Hawaii* the Philippines* Australia* Brazil* Bulgaria* Canada* 

Cuba* China* France* Greece* Hungary* Japan and Switzerland, 
Approximately two thirds of the present student body comes from 
outside New York State, Students are selected on the basis of 
their musical talent and general intelligence. 

Each year a number of Honorary scholarships* graduate awards and 
prize scholarships are presented Through generous subscriptions 
from persons interested in musical education* the school may re¬ 
duce tuition or In exceptional cases cancel the charges for tui¬ 
tion where talented but needy students might not otherwise se¬ 
cure a musical education, 

PUBLICATIONS a The project of encouraging American music Includes 
the publication under subsidy by the Eastman School of Music of 
Manuscript works that seem worthy. In addition to scores* the 
School has published a series of text-books by members of the facul¬ 
ty having to do with various fields of music pedagogy. 





ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC 


A nonseotarian, nonpolitioal membership association with 35 
branches in all parts of the United States,,carrying on a pro¬ 
gram of social and educational activities. 

19 East 54th Street Telephone: Plaza 8-1816 

New York 22, N. Y. Cable Address: ENEAKON 

Mrs. W. Henry France, General Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To draw together in the bond of comradeship the Eng¬ 
lish-speaking peoples of the world. 

"The English-Speaking Union aims at increasing the knowledge 
possessed by the English-speaking peoples of one another, but in 
no spirit of hostility to any other nation. It aims at no for¬ 
mal alliances, it has nothing to do with governments, but is an 
honest attempt to promote good fellowship among the English- 
speaking democracies of the world. 

"In their common language, common sympathies, common traditions 
and common ideals, the English-speaking peoples possess a great 
common heritage which is indestructible." (Offioial Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : Inspired by the aims of the English-Speaking Un¬ 
ion established in Great Britain two years before, a group of 
American men of some eminence incorporated in 1920 the English- 
Speaking Union of the United States. William Howard Taft, for¬ 
mer president of the United States, became the first president 
of the organization. When Mr. Taft went to the Supreme Court 
in 1921, John W. Davis succeeded him as president of the ESU, 
and was in turn succeeded in 1938 by Dr. James Rowland Angell, 
former president of Yale University. 

With less than 100 members at its inception, the American soc¬ 
iety has grown steadily in numbers and in importance. More 
than 15,000 men and women all over the United States are now 
enrolled in its ranks. 35 branches have been organized in lead-* 
ing cities and in university towns; further expansion is planned. 

The national organization is governed by a council, elected by 
the membership; the oouncil elects the national officers. The 
national organization is financed from a percentage allotment 
from each individual membership throughout the country and from 
contributions. 

The national office exists primarily to serve the branches. 









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Through correspondence and personal visits, the general secretary- 
tries to correlate branch activities, to weld isolated groups into 
a unified whole, to consult with local officers and to initiate 
new projects, (In recent years the national office arranged six 
tours, involving 10 speakers who made 63 addresses in 24 different 
branches.) 

It is the national staff’s job to establish new branches as rapid¬ 
ly as local support and membership growth warrant. 

The English-Speaking Union (New York), Inc., is housed in a hand¬ 
some mansion built in 1899 and bought by the Union in 1943, which 
serves as a club for members, providing committee rooms, an assem¬ 
bly room, offices, workrooms, lounges, a fully-equipped kitchen, 
a library containing British and American periodicals and refer¬ 
ence books, and the United Nations Officers’ Club. 

This establishment is the center for a varied program, including 
such functions as afternoon gatherings of a social nature where 
American or British men or women of affairs speak informally; re¬ 
ceptions in honor of distinguished visitors; Sunday afternoon mus- 
icalesj study and discussion group meetings; screenings of British 
documentary and educational films; panel discussions, and the like. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : There is no formal relationship between 
the American and British Unions, but they naturally work closely 
together. 

In the past, it has been the responsibility of the American Union's 
national staff to administer the work of its education committee, 
which promoted or directly sponsored exchanges of students and 
teachers with Great Britain, but these activities are suspended 
during the war. 

Also, before the war, the Union organized and conducted tours of 
Great Britain and cruises to the West Indies, aided members with 
their personal travel plans, and arranged study tours of the Unit¬ 
ed States for British university students. 

The Union has worked occasionally on radio programs, such as. Friend¬ 
ship Bridge, and has sponsored correspondence between American and 
British students of various ages; it also promotes contacts between 
cities and towns in the United States which are namesakes of those 
in England. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : One of the best-known activities of the Union 
is the operation of the Officers’ Club for men of the United Nations. 
A complete social program is conducted here. 












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At the request of the British Foreign Office, the committee for 
overseas children has, since the beginning of the war, aided 
more than 2,500 British mothers and children who were privately- 
evacuated to the United States. 

In the workrooms on an upper floor of the national headquarters 
building, women of the Union sew and knit garments for distri¬ 
bution to the needy of England. 

A destroyer committee gave garments and helped equip the men who 
took over the destroyers traded by the United States to Britain 
for bases. Another committee aids British brides of American 
service men. 

MEMBERSHIP : Open to any English-speaking person in accord with 
the ideals of the Union. 

Dues: subscribing members, $5; active members, $10; contributing, 
$25; sustaining, $100. For New York chapter, $10 for residents 
of New York (within 50-mile radius of the city); $6 for nonresi¬ 
dents; contributing and sustaining the same. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

English-Speaking Union Bulletin - published bimonthly, Oct¬ 
ober through June; sent free to members. 














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THE MAURICE AND LAURA FALK FOUNDATION 


A philanthropic trust operating through grants to outside research 
organizations engaged specifically in economic research^ 

Farmers Bank Building Telephone: Atlantic 4393 

Pittsburgh, Pa 0 

J 0 Steele Gow, Director 

PURPOSE g "To support economic research as a means of extending the 
frontiers of economic knowledge and refining it for effective applica¬ 
tion to the problems of the day 0 " (The Falk Foundation Report for 
1943 and 1944) 

ORGANIZATION S The Foundation was established in 1929 by Maurice Falk, 
Donoro It is governed by a Board of Managers consisting of Leon Falk, 
Jr 0 , Chairman; Frank B 0 Bell and Ernest T 0 Weir, Vice-Chairmen; I 0 A 0 
Simon, Secretary; Arthur E 0 Braun, Treasurer; Nathan B 0 Jacobs, Eugene 
Bo Strassburger; Maurice Falk, and William B 0 Klee, honorary members 0 
There is no membership 0 

OPERATIONS : In 1931 the Foundation began to function as a fund-granting 
organization The period between 1929 and 1931 was devoted to the task 
of selecting the work to be done by the funds 0 After careful investiga¬ 
tion of problems in many fields, the Foundation’s Board concluded that 
"since the condition of a nation’s economy affects almost every insti° 
tution and organization through which the nation strives for a better 
society, employment of the Foundation's funds in efforts to promote 
general economic progress would be a fundamental contribution to social 
progress in general 0 W (The Falk Foundation Report for 1943 and 1944) 

For close to ten years preceding the outbreak of the war in Sorope the 
Foundation had been devoting its fluids almost exclusively to grants 
to various institutions for economic research studies in aid of the 
development of American industry, trade, and finance 0 The organizations 
chosen were of recognized scientific competence and integrity 0 The 
Foundation has no economic program of its own; it respects the research 
freedom of the recipients of its grants 0 

In December, 1938, the Foundation began to adjust its research program 
to the prospect of war 0 A grant was made for a study which anticipated 
the need to control prices if.war came 0 This study was published in 
September, 1940 as Wartime Control of Prices 0 When the United States 
began its Defense Program in 1940, the Foundation financed several 
studies of the effects of the Defense Program on the nation's economy: 
Fundamental Economic Issues in National Defense 0 Effects of the Defense 
Program on Prices., Wages a and Profits 0 Curtail ment of Non Defense._Ex° 
penditurego 












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Since our entrance into the war the Foundation has devoted its funds to 
research projects dealing with such matters as war manpower and problems 
of postwar economic readjustment and reconstruction 0 These studies 
have been made by the Brookings Institution and the National Bureau of 
Economic Research, and by individual workers 0 The Falk Foundation has 
also made a grant to the American Law Institute and the Commission on 
Uniform State Laws for studies looking toward a modern commercial eode 0 

The Foundation has endowed a professorship at the Carnegie Institute of 
Technology in Pittsburgh, the Maurice Falk Professorship of Social Re¬ 
lations, now being filled by Elliott Dunlap Smith 

PUBLICATIONS g Books, reprints, summaries, pamphlets, etc 0 have been 
published by research organizations to report the findings of studies 
they made under grants from the Falk Foundation 0 Prices are available 
from the several publishers 0 

The Foundation itself publishes Biennial Reports of its work and a f m 
digests of studieso 





FAMILY WELFARE 


An association of public and private family welfare agencies in the United 
States and Canada 0 

122 East 22nd Street Telephone* Gramercy 5=6272 

New York 10, N 0 Y 0 


Linton Br, Swift, General Director 

PURPOSE : To promote the development of family social work and of wholesome 
family life in the United States and Canada, through the services of local 
agencieso 

ORGANIZATION: The Association was founded in 1911 as the result of the 
desire of a group of local organizations to pool their experience, knowledge 
and ideaso That intent has been perpetuated by the Association, which is 
characterized by voluntary participation in and control of the national or¬ 
ganization by its membership o It is the standardsetting body in the family 
welfare field 0 

In addition to a wide range of Committee and other activities, the Associa- 
tion offers a number of specific services to the field 0 These include* 
field service, for direct consultation with local agencies» personnel ser°* 
vice, for development of qualified personnel in the whole field| information 
service, for the analysis and exchange of information on current develop- 
ments affecting the family welfare fieldj public relations, for assistance 
in the promotion of local and national public understanding of family social 
workj and publications service, providing periodicals, books, and other 
printed material for professional social case workers and laymen. 

The Association is financed by membership dues, special gifts, and sales 
of publicationso It is governed by a board of directors elected by the 
general assembly, which is composed of delegates from each agency 0 The of¬ 
ficers are Ralph A 0 Uihlein, president! Betsey Libbey, vice-president and 
chairman of the executive committee^ Henry S 0 Hendricks, treasurer! Linton 
Bo Swift, secretary and general director*, 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association participates in the work of the Joint 
Committee on Services to Veterans, the Welfare Committee of the Office of 
Community War Services of the Federal Security Agency, and in the American 
War“Community Services, a group of national organizations concerned with 
the establishment of needed social services in war industry communities*, 

MEMBERSHIP : Agencies become members by meeting standards of administrative 
competence and professional service which must be maintained 0 Membership 
carries a responsibility for service to the local community and involves 
support of and participation in Association activities 0 There are 228 agency 







FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA =2= 

memberso There are two types of individual membership, general and pro¬ 
fessional, totaling 700o 

PUBLICATIONS : 

The Family ? Journal of Social Case Works $2 a year, 10 numbers. 

Highlights : For professional workers 0 $1 a year, 10 numbers. 

Books and pamphlets, among the most recent of which are Organizing 
a Family Agency « 40^| Directory of Member Agencies , $1,00$ Family Budget 
Counselling^ 65£j Impact of War" on Family Life , 25 Case Work With Children , 
50£$ Counselling Services for Industrial Workers , 60tf 0 
















THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN AMERICA 


A federation of Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches in the 
United States. 


297 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Gramercy 5-3474 

New York 10, N. Y. 


Samuel McCrea Cavert, General ^Secretary 


PURPOSE : "To manifest more fully the essential oneness of the 
Christian churches of America in Jesus Christ as their Divine Lord 
and Saviour, and to promote the spirit of fellowship, service and 
cooperation among them.” (From its Constitution) 


ORGANIZATION : The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 
which was founded in 1908, is the official agency through which 26 
denominations join in common tasks. The Council has no separate 
creed of its own; it rests on the historic confessions of the churches 
that comprise it. Organized on a strictly representative principle, 
it is governed by some 450 delegates of the constituent denominations. 
These delegates, in their biennial meetings, constitute a central 
board of inter-denominational strategy, developing a common mind, plan¬ 
ning united policies and providing for concerted action. 

While the national denominations have been drawing together, a similar 
process has been at work in local communities and the furtherance of 
this development is one of the most important responsibilities of the 
Federal Council. Tber© are now 550 state, city and county Councils 
of Churches, created by the Christian groups of their own communities 
as instruments of cooperative service. 

Among the Council's activities are the radio broadcasting of sermons; 
the holding of national Christian missions in numerous cities, at 
which ministers of all denominations are brought together for confer¬ 
ences, and special attention is directed to reaching those that are 
now outside the church; the publishing and circulation 6f a common 
literature for the devotional life; a program of adult education em¬ 
phasizing the part of the church in preparation for marriage, parent¬ 
hood, and home-making; education for Christian unity; education on 
the relation between religion and health; studies involving the ap- - 
plication of Christianity to social, racial and international rela¬ 
tions; helping the churches in social work and in improving race 
relations. 


The Council is financed bv contributions from the cooperating denomina¬ 
tions and churches and by gifts from individuals. The officers are 
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president; Benjamin E. Mays, vice-president 





THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN AMERICA -2- 


W. Glenn Roberts, recording secretary; Harper Sibley, treasurer; Samuel 
McCrea Cavert, general secretary. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : Through its General Commission on Army and Navy 
Chaplains, which maintains an office in Washington, Protestant minis¬ 
ters are nominated to serve as pastors for the armed forces. The 
Commission is the agency through which the ehaplains are kept in 
touch with the life and work of all the churches. The Council co¬ 
sponsors the Service Men*s Christian League, an interdenominational 
fellowship which soldiers and sailors may join as a means of maintain¬ 
ing their contact with the church and strengthening the Christian life. 
The Council sends qualified leaders into the camps to help the chap¬ 
lains in their problems of personal counselling to the men in uniform, 
including those who are sick in military and naval hospitals. The 
Council also organizes "Preaching Missions" made up of speakers with 
an inspiring message who go into the camps to assist in the evangelis¬ 
tic opportunity offered by the hosts of young men who, under the influ¬ 
ence of war, are more than ordinarily receptive to the Gospel. Through 
the Christian Commission for Camp and Defense Communities, special 
assistance is given to the churches in the vicinity of the hundreds of 
camps and posts and in new centers of war industry where people uprooted 
from their old homes lack adequate facilities for social, recreational, 
and religious life. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Through the Church Committee on Overseas 
Relief and Reconstruction, sponsored by the Council and the Foreign 
Missions Conference, the churches unite in a ministry of mercy and 
relief to refugees from Europe, civilian populations driven from their 
homes in China, prisoners of war in all countries, European churches 
undergoing difficulties, and missionaries cut off from their ordinary 
base of support. These and many others are included in a united 
appeal to which all the churches are asked to make a sacrificial res¬ 
ponse. In cooperation with the World Council of Churches, plans have 
been developed by which the American churches will join with the 
churches of other lands in an effort to rebuild the shattered Christian 
institutions in the lands most gravely affected by the war. 

On its Commission on a Just and Durable Peace a group of leaders, both 
ministers and laymen of special competence in international affairs, 
is pursuing a continuous study of the kind of peace for which Christians 
should strive. John Foster Dulles is chairman of this Commission. 

Two national study conferences, attended by leaders of the various 
churches, have been held for the purpose of focusing attention upon, 
the issues. The Commission urges that the United States should partici¬ 
pate actively in organization for world order and that peace plans 
be measured by the yardstick of Christian principle. It has supported 





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the Dumbarton Oaks plan for a world security organization and pro¬ 
posed nine amendments to bring it more closely into conformity with 
Christian standards. Study groups in local churches of all denomina¬ 
tions have been formed in order to develop an informed opinion through¬ 
out the nation. The Commission's platform known as the "Six Pillars 
of Peace" has been the subject of extensive discussion by editors, 
columnists, and radio commentators in the United States and abroad. 
"Christian Missions on World Order" have been held in more than one 
hundred cities to mobilize the churches for effective educational 
work on postwar problems. 

The Council maintains active contacts and cooperation with the churches 
in other cotintries. Even in war-time the channels of communication 
with most of the churches of the world are being kept open, and the 
Council has sent many delegates to Europe. It is taking an important 
part in the promotion of the World Council of Churches, which is now 
being formed on the general model of the Federal Council of the Churches 
of Christ in America. 


MEMBERSHIP : The constituent ecclesiastical bodies of the Council are 
the Northern Baptist Convention, National Baptist Convention, Church 
of the Brethren, Congregational Christian Churches, Disciples of 
Christ, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Colored Methodist 
Episcopal Church in America, Moravian Church, Presbyterian Church in 
U. S. A., Presbyterian Church in U. S. (South), Protestant Episcopal 
Church, Reformed Church in America, Reformed Episcopal Church, Russian 
Orthodox Church in America, Evangelical Church, Evangelical and Reformed 
Church, Friends, Methodist Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 
Seventh Day Baptist Church, Syrian Antiochan Orthodox Church of North 
America, Ukranian Orthodox Church of America, United Brethren Church, 
United Church of Canada, United Lutheran Church of America (Consultative), 
United Presbyterian Church, The combined membership of these bodies 
is over 25,000,000. 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Federal Council Bulletin . $1.00 a year. 

Information Service , a weekly on current issues. $2,00 a year. 
Interracial News Service , biweekly. 50* a year. 

Annual Report. 251 

Yearbook ?f American Churchaa. $3.oo. 

Skc-PUian? gf Pease- 20* 

A, Message to the-Churches from the National Study Conference on 
the Churc hes and a Just and Durable Peace . 10* 


Numerous other books and pamphlets on Christian cooperation and unity, 
methods of evangelism. World Council of Churches, industrial relations, 
international problems, marriage and the home, pastoral services, per¬ 
sonal religion, race relations, social service, worship, town and country 
churches, program materials for special occasions, and research mono¬ 
graphs. 
















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FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA 

A conference body uniting for planning and action 124 missionary 
boards and societies of the USA and Canada. These represent, 
among other constituencies, 69 Protestant denominations. 

156 Fifth Avenue Telephone; Chelsea 2-3230 

New York 10, N. Y. Cable Address; FORMISCON 

Qnory Ross, Sue Weddell, P. H. J. Lerrigo, Executive Secretaries 

PURPOSE : "To provide for conferences . . . and consultation . . . 
and for the investigation and study of missionary problems; to facili 
tate cooperation . . . ." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION ; Founded in 1893, the Conference now represents, in 
their missionary activities, 30 million Christians of North America. 
It is supported by the 124 foreign missions boards which comprise it. 

The Conference operates under the guidance of officers, elected an¬ 
nually by the member boards, and an executive body known as the com¬ 
mittee of reference and counsel. 

The committee of reference and counsel coordinates the work of 10 
functional committees: (1) public relations; (2) rural missions; 

(3) associated mission medical office; (4) Christian medical council 
for overseas work; (5) treasurers' committee; (6) Anglo-American 
churches; (7) international relations; (8) world literacy and 
Christian literature; (9) missionary personnel; and (10) women's 
work. 

Area committees guide the Conference's activities in the various 
geographical areas in which member boards and agencies have responsi¬ 
bilities: (l) East Asia; (2) India; (3) Philippines; (4) Latin Ameri¬ 
ca; (5) Africa; (6) Moslem areas; (7) Europe. 

Joint committees work in cooperation with other organizations: 

(1) Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction (with 
the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America) to co¬ 
operate with UNRRA and national governments on relief matters; 

(2) Church Committee for Relief in Asia; (3) Joint Committee on 
Religious Liberty; (4) Missionary Research Library; (5) Inter- 
Council Field Department, etc. 

The Conference meets annually to confer on issues, to create policies 
to detect overlapping and to initiate projects of advance. 





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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Conference joins with 25 other 
national councils around the world to form and support the 
International Missionary Council. 

It "touches the life and thought of 10,450 American and Canadian 
missionaries and their thousands of allied national workers in 
81 countries." 

Through its committee on Anglo-American churches, the organiza¬ 
tion "sustains helpful relationships and provides grants-in-aid 
to churches ministering to missionary and commercial communities 
in ports and other cities abroad, and helps in obtaining pastors 
for those churches." 

It promotes and supports literacy programs "in order to reach 
that 60 per cent of the world's population that is illiterate." 
It makes possible the production of informational and inspira¬ 
tional literature in indigenous languages for use in all parts 
of the world. 

The Christian medical council gives counsel regarding medical 
procedure and medical cooperation to societies doing medical 
and public health work in many countries. 

Its rural missions committee provides training and guidance 
for work among the millions of rural peoples. 

Through the area committee on India, the Conference aids the 
National Christian Council of India, promoting an all-India 
cooperative program of health and medicine, famine relief, 
Christian literature and higher education. It is active in 
extending a literacy program and puts strong emphasis on 
agriculture and village welfare. 

The Philippine committee cooperates with and shares in sup¬ 
port of the Federation of Evangelical Churches, planning new 
measures for cooperatively increasing church strength in the 
islands. 

The Committee on cooperation in Latin America promotes co¬ 
operation among Protestant bodies in programs of literacy, 
Christian literature, education and social work, and pub¬ 
lishes a monthly journal, La Nueva Democracia . 

The Africa committee coordinates Christian planning and projects 
of North American missions, supports in Belgium and Portugal 
training centers for missionaries, fosters evangelism, educa¬ 
tion and the extension of Christian literature. 







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Through the committee on work among Moslems, the Conference is kept 
aware of important trends in the Moslem areas of the world. This 
committee works in cooperation with the Near East Christian Council, 
with the Mission Presses of the Near East in educational work, in 
the production of Christian literature and in the interpretation of 
Christianity to the Moslems. 

The East Asia committee supports the National Christian Council of 
China, United Christian Publishers (including The Christian Farmer 
and other literature programs); supplies personnel for special tasks 
(including medical projects); is planning visual education and 
other postwar programs in East Asia. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : Through the Church Committee on Overseas Relief 
and Reconstruction, the Conference assists church forces "to unify 
and coordinate their programs of relief to war victims in eight 
areas in which Christianity has a special responsibility." 

Through the Church Committee for Relief in Asia, the Conference 
joins in mobilising resources of finance and personnel for relief 
and rehabilitation tasks throughout all of Asia where its missions 
have been serving. 

MEMBERSHIP i 124 missionary boards and societies in the USA and 

Canada. 

PUBLICATIONS ? 

— annual; 25 1 a copy. 

Missions in World Crisis — 48-page booklet; 1944; report of 
committee of reference and counsel. 


Occasional pamphlets 


















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FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION. INC. 


An independent, nonpartisan, American organization for research, 
analysis and education in the field of foreign relations. 

22 East 38th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 5-5740 

New York 16, N. Y. Cable Address: F0RP0LAS 

Major-General Frank R. McCoy, President 
Miss Dorothy Leet, Secretary 

PURPOSE : "The object of the Foreign Policy Association, Incor¬ 
porated, is to carry on research and educational activities to aid 
in the understanding and constructive development of American 
foreign policy." (Article III, Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION : Now 26 years old, the Foreign Policy Association 
developed from a meeting in New York in April, 1918, of 19 writers, 
editors, educators and others to consider the role American might 
play in the period following the first World War. This group 
organized as the Committee on American Policy in International 
Relations and formulated a statement of principles looking toward 
a stable peace.. Two weeks after the Armistice, the Committee 
became the League of Free Nations Association; in April, 1921, 
the name of the organization was changed to Foreign Policy Associa¬ 
tion. 

The first constitution of this parent body, adopted in December, 
1918, contained the following statement of purpose, equally ap¬ 
plicable today: "Careful study of all sides of every important 
international question affecting the United States, and . . . 
communication of the results of such study to as large a number 
of the American people as possible." 

During its first four years, the Association took an active part 
in seeking to shape the course of American foreign policy, but 
in 1922 the board of directors decided that the organization 
could, perform its greatest service to the American public by 
placing its emphasis on education and research rather than on 
action. Since then the Association has continued "to act as an 
independent source of information on international affairs." 

The Association operates under the guidance of a national board 
of directors and national officers. It consists of such offices 
as a Washington bureau, a speakers bureau, a research department, 
and a department of popular education. 

Branch chairmen head branch Associations in about 25 major cities 
of the United States. Sponsored by the leading citizens in each 
community, FPA branches have afforded thousands of Americans the 





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opportunity of participating in discussions on vital international 
problems. The Association has five affiliates in cities where 
other groups had already been established, which subscribe to the 
Association's publications but are not member branches. The total 
membership of the Association is about 27,000, of which more than 
half is found in the branches and affiliates. The branch member¬ 
ship is constantly growing. So that the branches and national 
headquarters in New York may keep in constant touch with one 
another and may develop a program of discussion to suit the needs 
of the country, a council of branches was created in 1942; it 
meets twice yearly in New York. 

Backbone of the activities of the Foreign Policy Association is 
its research department, supported and developed through funds 
provided by various foundations, notably the Rockefeller Founda¬ 
tion and the Carnegie Corporation, and by contributions and sub¬ 
scriptions to its publications. Mrs. Vera Micheles Dean is the 
director of this department. Results of the research carried on 
are embodied in the weekly Foreign Policy Bulletin and the semi¬ 
monthly Foreign Policy Reports . Another special service connected 
with the research department is the information service of the 
Association's library, where thousands of questions in regard to 
international affairs are answered yearly for scholars, study 
groups, business firms wilfti foreign interests, etc. 

The Washington bureau, an outpost of the Association's informa¬ 
tion service, provides a center of contact with government 
agencies and foreign embassies. 

The popular education department works as a sort of "extension 
division" to stimulate study of foreign affairs through public 
schools, libraries, etc. The department's major activity has 
been the publication of the Headline Series , of which over two 
million copies have been distributed. This department's 
program also includes a Junior Headline Series for high school 
students, study material for discussion groups, and courses on 
world affairs for teachers. Professor C. Grove Haines is 
director of this department. 

Discussion meetings of the Association are "an important medi¬ 
um for presenting from various angles sound, well-balanced 
reports on the progress of the war, cooperation among the 
United Nations, and developments in postwar planning." Forums, 
institutes, lectures, luncheon and dinner meetings are held 
throughout the year in New York and branch cities. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Staff members have served as dele¬ 
gates to various international meetings, including the Inter¬ 
national Studies Conferences held before the war in London 
and elsewhere. The Association hopes to continue this service 








FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION. INC. -3- 


when the war is over. The Association exchanges information, 
through correspondence, with international groups abroad, and 
distributes its publications throughout the world. It often has 
displays at international meetings, and distinguished foreign 
visitors frequently speak at informal luncheon-discussions. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association "has made a consistent and 
important contribution in serving governmental departments and 
agencies, including the State Department, the War Department, 
the Board of Economic Warfare, etc." The chairman and members 
of the board of directors, the president of the Association and 
a number of its branch chairmen have served and are continuing 
to serve as members of important boards and as consultants and 
advisers. Members of the research department have been used by 
government departments as consultants and some have been drafted 
for important government service. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

Regular membership: $5 annually; includes weekly Bulletin 
and six issues of the Headline Series . 

Associate membership: $3 annually; open only to teachers, 
librarians, social workers, the clergy, men and women in the 
armed services and employee groups of 10 or more. 

Cooperating membership: $10 annually; includes all publica¬ 
tions of the Association. 

Various privileges (publications, discounts and special research 
assistance) accrue to all types of memberships. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Foreign Policy Bulletin — issued weekly as a brief, analyt¬ 
ical news report. 

Foreign Policy Reports -- issued twice monthly; embody find¬ 
ings of fact or judgment which are of permanent interest; 25? a 
copy; $5 a year to nonmembers; $3 to members. 

Headline Series — issued every two months; sponsored and is¬ 
sued by the Association but generally prepared by experts especial¬ 
ly commissioned, who write the booklets in cooperation with the FPA 
staff; free to FPA members; to nonmembers: 10 issues for $2. 




















FOSTER PARENTS 1 PUN FOR WAR CHILDREN. INC. 

An international, non-sectarian organization devoted to child wel¬ 
fare and relief of children in war areas. 

55 West 42nd Street Telephone: Longacre 5-1096 

New York 18, N. Y. Cable Address: FOSTERPLAN 

Edna Blue, Executive Chairman 

PURPOSE : To help children suffering as a result of wars. To give 
the child financial and physical aid, and to establish friendshio 
between the children of all nationalities and Americans. 

ORGANIZATION : The Foster Parents' Plan was organized in 1937 during 
the Spanish Civil War. It was originally known as the Foster Parents’ 
Plan for Spanish Children and was not chartered under its present name 
until later. Great Spanish castles, far from military objectives, 
were taken over and funds were collected by committees set up in 
Australia, England, and America. In a short time, the castles were 
changed into children*3 sanctuaries. Huge old kitchens were equipped 
with pots, pans and dishes. Large reception halls were lined with 
rows of beds. °thers were turned into school rooms. Children were 
gathered off the streets and taken into the sanctuaries where they 
were taught to be children again. Food, clothing, and lovinp care 
were provided for them. 

As the waV orogressed, outlying districts became bomb targets, and 
the sanctuaries had to be evacuated. The children under the care of 
the Foster Parents' Plan were nermitted to enter France. Larpe 
French chateaus were rented in the vicinity of Biarritz, in Southern 
France. Friends in England, Australia and America contributed 
generously toward furnishing these chateaus with beds, blankets, 
clothing, medical supplies, furniture, pots, oans, dishes and class 
room equipment. Work continued for the Spanish children in France 
from February to September, 1939. 

In September, 1939, war broke out in Europe and the sanctuaries were 
opened to all children in France who might suffer as a result of the 
war. Children of many nationalities soon came to -the sanctuaries— 
Polish, Belgian, Dutch, and children from Northern France. *t was 
now necessary to have more than just a Spanish staff. A staff of 
refugees, also victims of war and nersecution, teachers, doctors, 
nurses, artists and domestic workers, willingly came to help. Each 
group of children had a staff speaking the language common to that 
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With the invasion of France Biarritz and vicinity came under German 
domination. England afforded a sanctuary, however, and the children 
and staff of Foster Parents' Plan left France, and all arrived safely 
in England. With the cooperation of the London County Council, 

British Women's Volunteer Service, and the International Commission, 
new sanctuaries were found. Again America was generous in her res¬ 
ponse to appeals for funds. The gates of the sanctuaries again were 
opened to Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian, French and now British 
children. 

The Foster Parents' Plan is now operating 44 children's colonies in 
England and Malta, and is also working in France and Italy. The 
organization also hopes shortly to work in Belgium and Holland. It 
has only one office in the United States and does not work with branches 
or chapters; all the work is done from the New York office. There is 
another central office in London. The organization is registered in 
Washington, State Department License No. 57 and chartered in the 
State of New York. The Foster Parents' Plan has no paid solicitors 
working anywhere. All money is cabled through the Chase National 
Bank of New York City direct to the Chase National Bank in London, 

Funds pass through no other hands. 

On the American Committee are Russel Maguire, honorary chairman; Edna 
Blue, executive chairman; Ann Landress, secretary-treasurer; and 
Ludwig B. Prosnitz, C, P. A,, Auditor, On the British Committee are 
Major J. Langdon-Davies, founder; Robert Donat, honorary chairman; 

J. B. Priestley, the Duchess of Atholl, Dorothy T. Burlingham , 

Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Anna Freud, Dame Sybil Thorndike, several 
members of Parliament and many others. On the list of American spon¬ 
sors and foster parents are found such names as: Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt, 
Archibald MacLeish, Thomas Mann, Thornton Wilder, Booth Tarkington, 

Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Quentin Reynolds, Clifton Fadiman, 

Rockwell Kent, Lillian Heilman, Helen Hayes, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, etc. 

MEMBERSHIP : To become a foster parent, one pays $15 per month for 
one year. Payments may be made monthly, quarterly or yearly. Fifty 
dollars per year endows a bed for a child; five hundred dollars per 
year endows a dormitory. Those who cannot take the responsibility 
of "adopting" a child, may, however, make any contribution they can 
or care to make in order to help war children. A club, school, organi¬ 
zation, church, social or civic group may also "adopt" a child col¬ 
lectively, and there is no limit to the size of the group that may 
be formed to maintain one child. All that is required is that one 
person be designated to assume responsibility of collecting payments 
from the others. 




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PUBLICATIONS s The organization issues a monthly publication and a 
quarterly publication. The quarterly gives a general report on all 
the work of the organization. The monthly, a report by Miss Anna 
Freud and Dorothy T. Burlingham on the psychological care of child¬ 
ren in war-torn areas, is a little more technical and is subscribed 
to by all leading colleges and schools in this country. It is also 
used by social workers and trained nurses, teachers and parents. 

The subscription cost of the Freud-Burlingham reports is $10 per 
year. The Parents* Plan has also published two books based on these 
reports: War and Children and Infants Without, Families . 










FRANCE FOREVER. INC 


An organization of French and American citizens interested in interpret¬ 
ing the resistance spirit of France in America„ 

587 Fifth Avenue Telephones Eldorado 5°4051 

New York 17 p N u Y„ 

Pierre-Andre Tfeill, General Secretary 

PURPOSE S "To give the American people the latest unpublished news of France; 
to give through publications, lectures and films a clear cut view of the 
French effort on all war fronts and to explain the tremendous but unpub¬ 
licized contribution made by France to the common cause; to inform the 
American public of the work undertaken by the French for their own rehabili¬ 
tation and to suggest ways and means by which American friends can help 
them in this formidable task; to emphasize the importance of French partici¬ 
pation in all international discussions and to stress the importance of 
vital knowledge France has acquired of the German problem; to strengthen 
Franco-American friendship since in cooperation between our sister repub¬ 
lics lies one of the strongest hopes of eventual world peace." 

ORGANIZATION ? France Forever was founded in 1940 by a group of American 
citizens and Frenchmen living in the United States, in answer to the call 
made by General de Gaulle for all Frenchmen to unite and continue the fight 
beside the Allieso 

The Society is financed ty membership dues, individual contributions, and 
advertising in its publications. The corporation is governed by a Board of 
Directors, elected annually by the active members 0 The Board elects the 
President, and is assisted in its work by an Executive Committee. The ad¬ 
ministration of the society and its various chapters is h a n dled by the 
Secretary-General, named above, and the Director of Chapters, Jean Stock. 

Mr. Richard de Rochemont is the National President,, Among the officers are 
the Executive Vice-President, Jules Jeandros; the Chairman of the Executive 
Committee, Albert Simard; Vice-President and Treasurer, EXigene Gentil. 

Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States, is an Honorary Execu¬ 
tive Vice-President„ Prominent Frenchmen such as Professor Jean Perrin 
(Nobel Prize), Professor Henri Focillon, Professor Jacques Hadamard, and 
Professeur Henri Langier, were or are members of the Committee,, 

France Forever was affiliated with the French Committee of National Libera¬ 
tion, at the time of its organization in Algiers, and is at present associa¬ 
ted with the Provisional Government of the French Republic. It is an inde¬ 
pendent agency, which has the recognition of the Provisional Government. It 
is officially recognized by the National Council of French,Resistance as 
its correspondent in the United States and a center of information for mat¬ 
ters relating to its activities in France. It works in close relation with 
the French Press and Information Service, and there is a mutual exchange of 
information between the two organizations 0 

At the present time, there are 56 chapters throughout 23 states and the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia, with a total of 30,000 members. The chapters arouse the 
interest of their communities, recruit members and act as information centers. 





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Meetings and lectures are part of the programs of all chapters, presenting 
French and American speakers 0 

OPERATIONS : Aside from the two annual meetings for Armistice Day and the 
French National Holiday {Bastille Day* July 14th), France Forever in New 
York and in its chapters organizes rallies, receptions, dinners and lectures 
in honor of prominent Frenchmen or American friends of France 0 Publications 
about the organization, and on various subjects related to France, are 
regularly put out G Reprints are also made of newspaper articles, press 
releases and materials received from French organizations throughout the 
worlds 

The Radio Division has been active in arranging a fifteen minute France Forever 
program which is now presented over more than 140 stations across the country 
each weeks A fifteen minute program in French is presented each Sunday., The 
Film Department distributes the films of the Motion Picture Division of the 
French Press and Information Service, as well as some full-length French 
commercial films 0 

A Music Committee has just been formed under the leadership of Pierre 
Monteux, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,, This commit- 
tee will bring modern French musicians and music to this country 0 France 
Forever also hopes to bring artists, writers and others, to present the new 
spirit of France to the United States„ 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Plans are being formulated to establish a Paris 
chapter, headed by Eugene Gentil, which will serve as a link between the 
society and France itself 0 

One of the chief functions of France Forever is welcoming important French 
visitors to this country 0 With the ©©operation of the French Press and 
Information Service, an extensive speaking tour of the United States has 
been arranged, under the auspices of France Forever 0 

France Forever is in constant touch with similar Committees organized in 
Latin America, England, Australia, Africa and the Near East 0 

France Forever is not part of any other group, but, as the Fighting French 
Committee in the United States, naturally has contact with other Committees 
throughout the world„ It has cooperated in this country with the Free 
French War Veterans organization, the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes (part 
of the New School for Social Research), the Fighting French Relief Committee, 
Inc 0 , American Relief for France, the French-Ameriean Club, and the Can- 
tine La Marseillaise., 

MEMBERSHIP S Benefactor members $l o 00 
Active members $5 <>00 

Associate members $l o 00 

Active members receive free copies of Free France , the bi-monthly bulletin 
of the French Press and Information Service, the monthly bulletin of France 
Forever, the privilege of subscribing to the News of France at War which is 
reserved to benefactor as well as active members„ Associate members receive 
the monthly bulletin., 







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Anyone interested in starting a France Forever group is urged to contact 
the executive office in New York for help and information 0 

PUBLICATIONS ; News of France at War , weekly bulletin,* 

Year Book 

A monthly bulletin, some reprints of news of France, The 
Boston chapter has published some pamphlets and booklets in French, 

Free France , published semi-monthly by the French Press and 
Information Service, distributed by France Forever, 













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FREEDOM HOUSE. INC 


Voluntary educational and civic association of various forces working 
to strengthen and extend world democracy. 

16 East 48th Street Telephone: Plaza 8-0923 

New York, N. Y. 


Dr. William Agar, Chairman of the Board 

PURPOSE: "Freedom House is a meeting place, a coordinating agency 
and a symbol of justice and freedom. It seeks international inter¬ 
faith, inter-racial and labor-employer collaboration as a foundation 
for a society in which peace and security can prevail." (From the 
masthead of Freedom Digest ) 

ORGANIZATION : The New York chapters of the Fight for Freedom and the 
Committee to Defend America organized and incorporated themselves in 
October, 1941, as Freedom House, which was to function primarily 
as an educational institution. In January, 1942, it opened as a 
coordinating center and meeting place for groups working toward 
similar ends. 

The program for which Freedom House is working is contained in the 
following statement issued by the organization: 

"FOREIGN POLICY: 

Freedom House will work for Allied victory and the realiza¬ 
tion in victory, on the basis of the collaboration already established 
within the United Nations, of a world organization for peace under 
law, with equal freedom, equal justice and proportionate responsibility 
for all nations. 

We recognize that peace can be ultimately defined only 
as the substitution of the rule of law for the tests of force. 
International law, to have the same force as domestic law, demands 
the creation of an international authority with the power to legis¬ 
late, adjudicate and enforce it. 

In order to insure a foreign policy more adequately res¬ 
ponsible to the will of the people, we advocate an amendment to the 
Constitution relative to treaty-making processes, which would sub¬ 
stitute for the present requirement of two-thirds concurrence by the 
Senate, majority concurrence by both houses of Congress. 

DOMESTIC POLICY: 

We affirm that the General Welfare of the American people 
takes precedence over all special, sectional, grouj or private in¬ 
terests. The General Welfare demands: 

1. Competitive enterprise in all fields except natural 
monopolies, recognizing that all enterprise exists 
primarily to serve the people. 

2. Full peacetime employment of American resources, 






FREEDOM HOUSE. INC . -2- 


machines and men, with government aid where government 
is necessary. 

3. Greater and more equal educational and eeconomic op¬ 
portunity for all Americans, regardless of race, color, 
creed, or economic status. 

4. Taxation reform to favor creative economic forces 

as against sterile wealth, to eliminate inequalities 
and to rationalize and simplify the municipal, state 
and federal system as a whole. 

5. Better Federal administration through a more responsive 
cabinet system continually in touch with Congress, with 
strict definitions of the frontiers of all departments 
to end overlappig and to increase responsibility. 

6. Comprehensive plans, Federal and State, to encourage 
an expanding healthy population and protect the Ameri¬ 
can home and child as the bulwark of the nation, and 
the hope of its future. This will involve housing 
programs, school feeding programs, extended dental and 
medical care, better organized and more appropriate 
cultural activities, vastly improved physical training, 
a radical improvement in all states of mothers' pen¬ 
sions, and extended and rationalized plans for family 
security." 

Freedom House is governed by a Board of Directors (18) and the 
following officers: Fresident, Harry D. Gideonse, President of 
Brooklyn College; Chairman of the Board, William Agar, geologist 
and author; Executive Secretary, George Field; Treasurer, Herbert 
Bayard Swope, publicist and journalist. 

Among the more important activities conducted by Freedom House are (l) 
weekly broadcasts on local stations and special events on national 
networks — (the Program for America series on WMCA has broadcast 
such topics and speakers as Taxation Reform by Beardsley Ruml, 
Government Reform by Henry Hazlitt, American Foreign Policy by 
Harry D. Gideonse, Competitive Fhterprise by Thurman Arnold, The 
American Home by Dorothy Thompson, Equal Educational Opportunity 
by George N. Shuster, and Equal Economic Opportunity by John 
Chamberlain); (2) publication of a monthly newspaper, Freedom. Digest 
and other literature issued to members and key persons in government, 
schools, churches, radio and the press; (3) promotion of special pro¬ 
jects such as the city-wide Harlem Week and Housing Week in collabora¬ 
tion with other organizations; (4) arrangement of events for United 
Nations' representatives in this country; (5) publicizing and other¬ 
wise influencing the sale of important books in its field of interest; 
(6) organization and promotion of major events such as the New York- 
at-Tvar parade, rallies, exhibits and international broadcasts; (7) 
presentation of the annual Freedom Award to an American who has made 
an important contribution to world freedom - (this year's award went 











FREEDOM "OUSE, INC. -3- 


to Sumner Welles); (8) maintenance of a Labor-Industry Relations 
Bureau under the direction of John Chamberlain, and an Interfaith Council 
of three important representatives from each of the three faiths. 

Freedom Hou::e has set up a committee to raise funds for a Wendell 
L. Willkie building. The Building will house organizations aiding 
international collaboration, elimination of religious and racial 
antagonisms, advancement of Negro people, slum clearance and the 
improvement of labor-employer relations. The NAACP and the Citizens 
Housing Council headquarters as well as Freedom House will be among 
the occupants of the building. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Freedom House of New York maintains contact 
with Freedom House in Ehgland. 

One of the broadcasts originated by Freedom House was the Secret 
Weapon program written by Rex Stout and broadcast by CBS. The 
program was rebroadcast by OWI and mail came from all over the world 
in response. Freedom House has cooperated with OWI on many spot 
jobs. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are approximately 6000 members throughout the coun¬ 
try and contacts have been made with more than 50,000. The minimum 
annual dues are $2.00. 

PUBLICATIONS : Freedom Digest , monthly newspaper 

Freedom House Handbook on Lend Lease . Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 
A Program for America . Dorothy Thompson 
In the Service of Freedom . Walter Lippmann 































FREE WORLD ASSOCKTTON 


An international organization composed of various national t ect-ons 
and dedicated to democratic victory and world organization. 

144 Bleecker Street Telephone: Algonquin 4-0722 

New York 12, N. Y. 

Hugh Moore, Chairman of the Executive Committee 

PURPOSE: "To help the United Nations by building morale; to educate 
and organize public opinion in neutral countries and to win particu¬ 
larly the sympathies of Latin American countries; to strengthen the 
ties between the western democracies and the democratic peoples of 
the Far East; to helm the movements of resistance in the subjugated 
countries. The further and permanent goal is to educate world 
opinion on the fundamental bases of international coooeration for 
permanent peace, international economic cooperation, and a democratic 
world order." (Official Statement) 

ORGANI ZATION : The Free World Association, a world-wide movement of 
private citizens and organizations, was organized in March 1941 in 
Washington by 86 men and women from 18 nations. Among the founders 
were Sir Norman Angell, Nobel Peace Prize, 1933; Count Carlo Sforza, 
former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy; J. Alvarez del Vayo, 
former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain; Clark M. Eichelberger, 
Director of the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace; Li Yu Ying, 
President of the Chinese National Academy, Peiping; and Quincy Wright, 
professor of International Law at the University of Chicago. 

The Association is organized on the basis of national associations, 
which send delegates to the annual Free World Congress, at which the 
executive committee and officers of the international Free World Associa¬ 
tion are elected. The various national groups must be approved by 
the international Association before they are recognized as members. 

Once organized, they are autonomous within the general framework of 
Free World philosophy and principles. The international Association 
has power to dissolve any national association which violates these 
principles. 

The Association is financed by contributions from individual donors, 
organizations and foundations, by individual memberships, and by the 
sale of literature and the income from meetings, radio shows, etc., 
with none of its organizations receiving direct or indirect contri¬ 
butions from any government. 

Present officers of the Free World Association include: chairman of 
the executive committee, Hugh Moore, president of Dixie Vortex Company; 
vice-chairmen, Louis Dolivet and J. Alvarez del Vayo; International 
editor of Free World . Louis ^olivet. 






FREE WORLD ASSOCIAIIQH -2- 

OPERATIONS : The five basic principles are: l) World organization? 
the creation of a permanent organization of the United Nations; 2) Eco¬ 
nomic democracy: the establishment of economic rights for individuals 
and nations; 3 ) Political democracy? the establishment of the right 
of the individual to participate in equality with all others in 
decisions affecting his local and national government; 4) Interna¬ 
tional democracy? the establishment of the equality of all races and 
people, the same rights and the same obligations for every nation; 

5) Collective security? the guaranteeing, by all countries and to all 
countries of the end of aggression. 

The first Free World Congress was held on June 15, 1941, in Washington. 
Congresses were also held in 1942 and 1943. The following countries 
participated in the second Congress? France, Norway, Itajy, Free 
Germany, Rumania, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, China, Spain, Belgium, 
Argentina, Canada, Chile, Great Britain, Poland, United States, 

Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Austria, India, Greece, Sweden, Cuba, Switzer¬ 
land, Korea, Palestine, Brazil and Yugoslavia. 

Growing out of these congresses have been such activities as a world¬ 
wide campaign against the massacre of Jews and hostages by the Nazis 
in Europe, the organizing of the World Confederation of International 
Groupments which held its first convention in 1942, the organizing 
of the International ^abor Committee in which important labor leaders 
of various countries participated, the calling of a continental Free 
World Congress at Montevideo at the end of 1943, and the organizing 
in 1943 of the European Council of Free World. 

During the San Francisco Conference, Free World organized, on April 
29, an international assembly in support of the Conference; weekly 
during the conference, over the Blue Network, a coast to coast Free 
World forum; and 40 local and regional radio programs. Also for the 
San Francisco Conference, the Free World Research Bureau published a 
pamphlet, The Constitution of the United States . 

A feature of the magazine Free World has been its series of Round 
Tables, bringing together democratic leaders, experts, government of¬ 
ficials, foreign correspondents, radio commentators, editors, profes¬ 
sors, soldiers and others to speak on urgent and vital subjects. 

Among the participants have been? Sir Norman Angell; Dr. Hugo Artuccio, 
University of Montevideo; Henri Bonnet, present Ambassador from France 
to the United States; C. L. Hsia, Director of the Chinese News Service; 
and Count Carlo Sforza. 


PUBLICATIONS ? Free World , a monthly magazine oublished in six foreign 
language editions as well as the American edition. 








FREE WORLD ASSOCIATION -3- 


Free World - 1 year, ?4$ 2 years $7; to members of Armed 

Forces $3. Canadian and foreign postage $1 addi¬ 
tional. 

Le Monde Libre - French edition, $5 a year. 

Tzu Yu Shih Chleh - Chinese edition, $3 a year. 

Elefteros Kosmoa - Greek edition, $2 a year. 

Mundo Libre - Mexican edition, $5 a year. 

Puerto Rican edition, $3.50 a year. 

Uruguayan edition, $5 a year. 

Czechoslovakian, Swedish and Italian editions are to be published 

soon. 











FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 


The national organization of, by and for boys studying vocational 
agriculture in public secondary schools 0 

U 0 So Federal Security Agency Telephone: Executive 6500 

Office of Education 
Washington, D 0 C<, 

Ao Webster Tenney, National Executive Secretary 

PURPOSEg "To develop competent, aggressive, rural and agricul¬ 
tural leadership; to create and nurture a love of country life; 
to strengthen the confidence of farm boys and young men in themselves 
and their work; to create more interest in the intelligent choice 
of farming occupations; to encourage members in the development of 
individual farming programs and establishment in fanning 5 to encourage 
members to improve the farm home and its surroundings; to partici¬ 
pate in worthy undertakings for the improvement of agriculture; to 
develop character, train for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism; 
to participate in cooperative effort; to encourage and practice thrift; 
to encourage improvement in scholarship; to provide and encourage 
the development of organized rural recreational activities 0 n (Offi¬ 
cial Statement) 

ORGANIZATION ? The Future Farmers of America is the national organi¬ 
zation of boys studying vocational agriculture in some 7000 rural 
high schools in the United States, which represents about half of 
all such schools 0 

FFA was organized in 1928, an outgrowth of the movement in many 
states to organize agricultural clubs of boys enrolled in courses 
in vocational agriculture under the provisions of the National Voca¬ 
tional Education Acts, first established in 1917 0 The constitution, 
purposes and ceremonies of the national organization were patterned 
closely after that of the Future Farmers of Virginia and other state 
organizationso 

While the federal government sponsors and leads the organization, 
it is a non-profit, non-political farm youth organization of volun¬ 
tary membershipo It serves to motivate and vitalize the systematic 
instruction offered to students of vocational agriculture and to 
provide further training in fanner citizenship 0 

The FFA is composed of chartered state associations which, in turn, 
are made up of local chapters situated in high schools having de¬ 
partments of vocational agriculture 0 The boys enrolled in such 
courses constitute the active membership, but provision is also 
made for associate and honorary memberships 0 The organization has 
expanded to include Hawaii and Puerto Rico 0 Although the FFA is 




FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 


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a purely American organization* it has been initiated in several 
foreign countries* such as Bulgaria* Greece and Great Britain 0 
There is a corresponding Negro organization* the New Farmers of 
Americao 

OPERATIONS ? FFA is an organization of boys from 14 to 21* in which 
they may secure practical business experience* act as their own in¬ 
structors* and enjoy the fellowship of one another 0 All the acti¬ 
vities are boy-initiated and boy-directed, under the general super¬ 
vision of the vocational agriculture teacher who acts as leader of 
the local chapter 0 Each member participates in the setting up of 
policies and in making the rules and regulations of the organiza¬ 
tion o 

A national convention is held annually in Kansas City* Missouri* 
at the time of the American Royal Livestock Show 0 At the conven¬ 
tion the officers and committees report* and anncmcement is made of 
the winners of the various awards and contests 0 

FFA is established for boys who are progressing toward the goal of 
establishment in a farming business„ The boys provide organized 
entertainment for themselves and their communities* These activi¬ 
ties include games, sports* bands and other musical groups„ Many 
state associations own and operate state-wide camps providing 
recreation a nd health protection,. The program of chapter work may 
be divided into the following headings? supervised farming* coopera¬ 
tion* community service, leadership* earnings and savings* conduct 
of meetings, scholarship, recreation,, The national organization 
provides the ritual* degrees and honors 0 

FFA boys repaired 250,000 pieces of farm machinery and constructed 
100,000 pieces of equipment,. Although FPA itself has made no films, 
there is a film available picturing its activities* "The Greenhand a " 
In July* 1945* a booklet, FFA in Action was published* and distri¬ 
buted to all American Embassies and to the Ministries of Education 
of foreign countries* 

MEMBERSHIP S As of June* 1944, the active membership totaled 
204,175 in 6502 local chapters of 47 states, Hawaii and Puerto 
RicOo 

Active membership: there are four grades or degrees of 
active membership: Greenhand, Future Farmer, State Farmer, Ameri¬ 
can Farmer* 

Associate membership 

Collegiate membership 

Honorary membership 

Annual national membership dues are 100 0 






FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 


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Official Manual 

Proceedings of the National Conventions 
The Future Farmers of America Organization; 
"What It Does „ 

Future Farmers of Aaerlca..„. Ip Action 


What It Is - 









GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMENS CLUBS 

An educational and coordinating organization servicing women's clubs. 

1734 N Street N. W. Telephone: District 3168 

Washington 6, D. C. 

Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, President 

Mrs. Ruth Kelso Renfrow, Extension Secretary 
for Foreign and Territorial Clubs 

PURPOSE: "To unite women's clubs and like organizations throughout 
the world for the purpose of mutual benefit and for the promotion of 
their common interest in education, philanthropy, public welfare, 
moral values, civics and fine arts." 

ORGANIZATION : The Federation was formed in 1890 and today consists 
of 16,500 clubs in the United States, 61 clubs in 30 foreign countries 
and United States territories, 50 state federations, 20 affiliated 
organizations and national clubs comprising a membership of more than 
2 ,500,000 women. 

The governing body is the Board of Directors, composed of the Executive 
Committee, State Presidents, Department Chairmen, the Extension 
Secretary for Junior Clubs and the Extension Secretary for Foreign 
and Territorial Clubs. 

National headquarters serves the member clubs through the prepara¬ 
tion of material by national chairmen and by making available to 
member clubs the research facilities of headquarters. The major 
educational, research and activity programs of the Federation are 
conducted through 9 departments: American Citizenship, American 
Home, Education, Fine Arts, International Relations, Legislation, 

Public Welfare, War Service and Post-War Planning. Each department 
is assisted in its activities by a number of advisors who are experts 
in the particular field concerned. Study material in the form of 
pamphlets, forums, bibliographies, articles and kits is distributed 
to 25,000 units. Headquarters publishes the official magazine 
General Federation CTub-Wnm fl p r lends art exhibits and music libraries 
to clubs, serves as a clearing house of ideas and plans, answers 
questions concerning all phases of club work and gives special assis¬ 
tance in program building. Headquarters has a library of 6,000 
current non-fiction volumes which are loaned, free of charge, to 
local and foreign clubs. Policies are largely determined through 
resolutions adopted at national meetings, all resolutions (except 
those of an emergency nature) being mailed to each federated club 
for consideration two months before the national meeting. 

The Federation is a member of the Women's Joint Congressional Com¬ 
mittee. It supports national legislation when so authorized by 
acting resolutions. It has worked for a number of reforms in the 







GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS -2- 


fields of education, protective labor legislation for women and 
children, health, social security, and others* It has sought to 
educate women in government and citizenship and has aided in the 
naturalization of the foreign born. The more recent activities di¬ 
rected toward the advancement of women include securing jury service 
for women, the appointment of women to government commissions and 
bureaus, to judgeships in specialized courts and, since the war, 
to local ration and housing boards . The Federation has endorsed 
the Constitutional Amendment for Equal Rights. 

Through programs, lectures, and exhibits, the Federation encourages 
the study of art, music, literature and drama with special emphasis 
on American art and music. In February, 1944, the Federation re¬ 
ceived an award for its distinguished service to American Art from 
the American Artists Professional League of N e w York. At present 
the Federation is distributing an art series pamphlet prepared by 
the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. 

The Federation has been working toward expansion of the country’s 
educational facilities. It has been promoting the establishment of 
manual and vocational institutions and the extension of library 
facilities throughout the country. The American Library Association 
credits women* s clubs with establishing or sponsoring 85 % of all 
libraries in America today. 

Since 1923 the General Federation has supported a Medical Loan 
Scholarship and since 1930, a Pan-American Fellowship. Practically 
every state federation now has its loan fund and 16 state federations 
all maintain one or more Pan-American scholarships. The combined 
total scholarship fund approximates $1,500,000 through which more 
than 16,000 young people have been aided. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The program of war service has been directed 
toward the most effective utilization of womenpowt.r in the community. 
Specific projects with which the Federation has been working include 
the national recruitment of women for military service and the 
Women's Land Army, the establishment of war-time nursery schools, 
the reduction of juvenile delinquency, the awarding of scholarships 
to student nurses, the Buy-A-Bomber campaign which has provided a 
fleet of bombers for the Army and Navy air corps, and the United 
National Clothing Collection. 

Although war activities have dominated its programs, the Federation 
has undertaken a nation-wide educational campaign dealing with post¬ 
war domestic and international problems. A major feature of the 1942 
convention was a series of United Nations Forums on Post-War Planning 
in which outstanding educators, statesmen and diplomats participated. 
It has distributed material on Bretton Woods, the United Nations 
Food Agreements, and Dumbarton Oaks. 




GENERAL FEDERATION OF V.OMEfl'S CLUBS -3- 


i piNATIONAL ACTIVITY : In its international programs the Federa- 
tion cooperates with and receives the cooperation of the OWI. the 
Co-ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the Institute of International 
Education, the Foreign Policy Association, the Pan-American Union 
and the Department of State. 


Pan-American activities have dominated the Federation’s International 
activities. Goodwill tours were conducted through South America and 
conferences were conducted with women in these countries. To stirau- 
late culturai interchange in the Americas, the Federation sponsored 
the Missouri Plan, a comprehensive project which involved five 
activities: exchange scholarships for South American students in five 
Missouri colieges, the organization of Pan-American clubs in towns 
and schools throughout the state, a Pan-American Institute Fiesta 
held in each college town, a vacation travel program which enabled 
the scholarship students to tour the United States, and the promo¬ 
tion of Spanish classes in high schools and colieges and among 
adult groups. Missouriana—an exhibit of handicrafts and paintings 
from Missouri was sent by the U.S. Office of Education and the 
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to Latin American countries. 

Selected local clubs have been corresponding with the Townswomen’s 
Guilds of Ehgiand. The Federation is anxious to re-establish its 
pre-war contacts abroad and to promote further correspondence between 
local American clubs and foreign groups. 

MEMBERSHIP: Universal membership state:—in which ail clubs paying 

per capita dues to the state 
federation automatically 
become members of, and pay 
per capita dues to, the 
General Federation. 

Non-universai membership state:—in which only part of 

the dubs beionging to 
the state federation pay 
per capita dues to, and 
are members of, the 
General Federation. 

Affiliated membership:—state federations and organizations, 

foreign and territorial clubs and 
national and Internationa 1 groups. 

There are different procedures for applying for membership in each 
category. Membership fees to the Generai Federation are 15# per 
capita dues per annum; 25# club dues per annum. 





GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMENS CLUBS 


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FUBLICATIONS : General Federation Clubwoman , published monthly 
September to May, $1.00 per year 

45 state magazines and many district and club 

publications. 

Pamphlets, articles, study kits, distributed free 

to members. 





GIRL SCOUTS. INC. 


A youth-serving recreational agency for girls from seven to 18 years 
of age. 

155 East 44th Street Telephone: Murray Hill 2-2505 

New York 17, N. Y. 

Miss Ethel Rusk, International Secretary 

PURPOSE : "Girl Scouts, Inc., has as its fundamental aim the develop¬ 
ment of girls along physical, mental, emotional, moral and spiritual 
lines to the end that there may result not only personally enriched 
individuals but also intelligently participating citizens in a demo¬ 
cratic social order .... The Girl Scout program is the means that 
the Girl Scout organization puts into the hands of its thousands of- 
leaders so that the objectives for which it exists may be obtained. 
The aims of the program are the aims of the whole organization.” 

(From Blue Book of Girl Scout Policies and Procedures ) 

ORGANIZATION : Almost as soon as Boy Scouting was launched in Jhgland 
by Lord Baden-Fowell in 1908, Ehglish girls began to clamor for a 
share in the movement. Informal groups of Girl Scouts sprang up 
in various places, and when the first great Boy Scout rally was 
held in London in 1909 a small party of girls appeared in uniforms 
of their own devising, eager to become Scouts. In 1909 a parallel 
prof 'am was worked out for the girls based on the same ideals and on 
many of the same activities as those of the Boy Scout program, but 
emphasizing the age-old concern of girls and women with the home, 
with small children, with the care of the sick, and with arts and 
crafts. The Girl Guides, as they had come to be called, became a 
separate organization in 1910. 

In the early days of Scouting, Mrs, Juliette Low, of Savannah, 
Georgia, met Lord Baden-Powell in England and became deeply 
interested in the Scout movement. She carried Girl Guiding to 
the United States, where she adapted the program and organization 
to meet the needs of the American girl. On March 12, 1912, she 
established the first troop of American girls in her home city of 
Savannah. Interest spread so rapidly that Mrs. Low soon decided 
to launch a national Girl Scout organization in this country. In 
June, 1913, the first national headquarters of the Girl Scouts 
were opened in Washington, D. C., and in June, 1915 > the organiza¬ 
tion was incorporated. 

Officers include: honorary president, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; 
president, Mrs. Alan H. Means; national director, Mrs. Paul Ritten- 
house. 






GIRL SCOUTS. INC. -2- 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? In 1928, a World Association of Girl 
Guides and Girl Scouts was formed. Its headquarters are at 
9 Palace Street, Westminster, S. W. 1, London, England. Through 
membership in this organization, the Girl Scouts in the United 
States are a link in the chain of a world wide movement which 
includes approximately two and one-half million Girl Guides and 
Girl Scouts in 32 different countries. Through the World As¬ 
sociation, international conferences have been held. In the last 
years before her death in 1927, Mrs. Low’s, greatest interest 
was in the international aspect of Girl Scouting. Through the 
Juliette Low World Friendship Fund, which was established i 
her memory, girls from different countries were brought to¬ 
gether each year for an international encampment. For several 
years, this encampment was held at "Our Chalet” in Adelboden, 
Switzerland, international home of Girl Guide and Girl Scout 
organizations. In 1940 and 1941, because of the war, it was 
held in the United States, and was composed of girls from the 
countries of the western hemisphere. Encampments have been dis¬ 
continued for the duration of the war, but training scholar¬ 
ships have also been financed by the Fund for students from 
Europe, Asia and the Americas who will help to establish or 
develop Girl Scouting in their home lands. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : At present, Girl Scouts has loaned to 
UNRRA six of its top administrative personnel for work in 
liberated countries. The American Girl Scouts continue to 
pay the salaries of these six women, and UNRRA pays their 
expenses. 

The organization has been working for some time for the relief 
of children throughout the world, and through its Juliette Low 
World Friendship Fund has provided supplies and money. Much 
of this material has already been transmitted through the 
British, Chinese, and Russian War Relief Societies. Tht 
material has been marked to show that it is an expression of 
friendship from the Girl Scouts of the United States. 

In addition to buying milk for the children of Russia, warm 
clothing for the bombed children of Britain, school equipment 
for Greek children in EJgypt, food and clothing for the Girl 
Guides of Malta, and providing for the support of a group of 
Chinese war orphans at the Kolashan Orphanage near Chungking, 
the World Friendship Fund gave leadership training scholar¬ 
ships in 1944 to 23 young women from Brazil, Costa Rica, China, 
Sweden, Poland, Iceland, Panama, Netherlands, Austria and Para¬ 
guay. 

In addition to war work done through the Fund, Girl Scouts 
have contributed large amounts of gifts in kind. They have 





GIRL SCOUTS. INC. -3- 


coUected seeds, grown herbs and prepared them for shipping, in addi¬ 
tion to collecting clothing, packing boxes, and carrying on corres¬ 
pondence with Guides and Scouts around the world. 

Girl Scouts is also making ambitious postwar plans for the develop¬ 
ment of all the international aspects of its program. 

MEMBERSHIP : All world membership is in accordance with the constitu¬ 
tion of the World Association, and any countries wishing to affiliate 
should refer requests to the World Association. Foreign groups in 
countries should refer requests to the national organization of the 
country. 

PUBLICATIONS ; 

Council Fire — issued by the World Association; 50£ a year. 

The Girl Scout Leader — monthly; 50£ a year. 

Annual Report — pictorial. 

Other publications, of which there are many, can be supplied on 
request. 

















GREEK WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION. INC.. U. S. A. 


The American member of the National War Fund recognized as the 
major private relief agency for Greece. 

221 West 57th Street Telephone : Circle 5-9100 

New York 19, N. Y. Cable Address: GRELIEF 

Spyros P. Skouras, national president 
Oscar Broneer, executive vice-president 

PURPOSE : To raise funds to provide food, clothing, nursing and 
medical care for the suffering population of Greece. 

ORGANIZATION : The Greek War Relief Association, Inc., U. S. A., is 
a member organization of the National War Fund, licensed under the 
f resident's War Relief Control Board, and a member of the American 
Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service. Its only con¬ 
stituent member that has a separate identity is an affiliate 
organization in New York, Friends of Greece. There are from 800 
to 1,000 local chapters of the Greek War Relief Association found in 
every state of the Union. Certain sections are grouped under region¬ 
al directors with state directors under them. An overseas office is 
maintained in Athens. 

The services of the Association are non-political. Aid is given 
wherever it is needed without regard for ideology. 

ACTIVITIES : The activities of the Greek War Relief Association fall 
into three periods. In the first period, during the war with Italy, 
speed was considered absolutely essential. Over $3,000,000 was 
cabled to the Administrative Committee in Athens at the rate of ap¬ 
proximately $250,000 per week. 

The occupation of Greece by the Germans in April of 1941 marked the 
beginning of the second period. With the he ip of the United States 
Government, the British and Greek Governments and the American Red 
Cross, shipments from Turkey were arranged. An opening in the block¬ 
ade was accomplished in the winter of 1942 and on March 27, the 
Sicilia sailed for Greece with flour and medicines. Between March 
and August, 1942, the Governments of Sweden, Britain, Canada, the 
United States, the Greek Government in Exile, and such private or¬ 
ganizations as the Red Cross, the Greek War Relief Fund (Canada) and 
the Greek War Relief Association worked together in planning the 
operation of the Greek relief scheme. Italy and Germany provided 
safe conduct for the ships and authorized distribution in Greece. 
Canada agreed to provide the wheat, the United States Government 
most of the dried vegetables and milk under Lend-Lease arrangemepts, 
the American and Canadian Red Cross the medicines, and the Association 






GREEK WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION. INC.. P. S. A. -2- 

agreed to appeal to the American public for $12,000,000 to keep the 
ships sailing. This campaign, which was never completed because of 
the formation of the National War Fund, raised over $4,000,000. 

The third period from August 1942 to September 30, 1944, was marked by 
the establishment of monthly shipments of wheat, other foodstuffs and 
medicines. Six Swedish ships, subsequently increased to 13, were char¬ 
tered to the Association in the name of the Swedish Red Cross. Ship¬ 
ments were sufficient to reduce the death rate by two-thirds within 
the first three months of operation. The appropriations for relief 
from October 1940 when Italy attacked to September 30, 1944, total 
$23,722,188.80, which figure includes amounts recovered and recoverable 
on ship operations. In addition to this sum contributions-in-kind, 
principally used clothing, were collected to an estimated value of 
$3,816,359.99, of which $1,389,703.39 were shipped up to the end of 
September 1944. By May 1, 1945 clothing shipments to Greece totalled: 
5,093,632 garments; 770,944 pairs of shoes; 13,167 blankets; and 
35,570 articles of hospital equipment. 

POSTWAR PLANS : The year 1944 marks the development of a new relation¬ 
ship between the Greek War Relief Association and the United Nations 
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. In February, UNRRA requested 
private agencies to provide personnel to serve with UNRRA in the early 
period after liberation and to participate in the work of this early 
period. The Personnel Committee of the Association be ran to select 
personnel and the Executive Committee appointed a Planning Committee 
to determine what rehabilitation would be started immediately after 
liberation and what would be the most essential fields of operation. 

Rehabilitation projects of vast scope designed to speed the recovery 
of war-devastated Greece were unanimously approved at the fourth 
Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors on October 21, 1944. The 
meeting marked a vital transition in the character of the Greek War 
Relief Association from an emergency relief organization to one 
concerned primarily with rehabilitation. Plans for post-war rehabili¬ 
tation included: supplementary feeding; supplying of medical services, 
equipment and medicines; the establishment of work shops to provide 
clothing; care of orphans; supplementary aid to agriculture; assis¬ 
tance to schools; aid for under-nourished children and war-disabled; 
and development of self-support projects. The Association stands 
committeed to a long period of post-war service in Greece during which 
its activities will be closely coordinated at all times with those of 
UNRRA and of the existing health services of the Greek Government. 

PUBLICATIONS : A monthly Newsletter is sent out in English and in a 
modified form, in Greek, according to the needs of the grouos to which 
it is sent. 

The Association also publishes reports and a variety of oromotional 
literature, pamphlets, and posters. 






HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS) 

An American relief organization for European emigrants. 

425 Lafayette Street Telephone: Algonquin 4-2900 

New York 3, N. Y. Cable Address: HIAS 

Isaac L. Asofsky, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : To facilitate the settlement of European immigrants in 
new lands. 

ORGANIZATION : The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, 
commonly known as HIAS, was established in 1884 as the Hebrew 
Sheltering House Association and took its present name upon merg¬ 
ing with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It was incorporated in 
1911. 

In the United States, HIAS serves American relatives and friends 
of prospective emigrants in all parts of the world by helping 
interpret the immigration laws and preparing the necessary affadavits 
and documents; meets the immigrant upon arrival, supplies shelter 
and food to newly-arrived refugees, and operates an employment 
agency; provides assistance at Ellis Island for persons detained 
there; investigates the reasons for exclusion and sends all the facts 
to its Washington office for appeal before the Department of Justice; 
conducts classes in citizenship. It maintains several regional offices 
throughout the United States. 

Supported entirely by voluntary contributions from individuals and 
other organizations, HIAS is governed by a board of directors elected 
by the contributors. The current officers are Abraham Herman, presi¬ 
dent; Harry Fischel, treasurer; Isaac L. Asofsky, executive director. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The overseas agency of HIAS is the HIAS-ICA 
Emigration Association, known as HICEM. In 1927 the Hebrew Sheltering 
and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the Jewish Colonization Associa¬ 
tion (ICA), a British corporation, joined forces in order to avoid 
duplication of efforts and services rendered in Europe and South 
and Central America. All expenses are now borne by HIAS since the 
ICA cannot remit funds from England on account of the exchange regu¬ 
lations. HICEM has its central office in Lisbon and an executive 
office in New York. 

Outside the United States, offices are maintained in emigration, 
transit, and immigration countries. Services include the locating 
of relatives and friends and obtaining from them financial assis¬ 
tance for the immigrant; assistance to prospective immigrants in 
obtaining the documents required for the issuance of immigration 
visas or permits; representation of the individual before governmental 
and consular authorities; making transportation arrangements to 
the United States and other countries. 







HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS) -2- 


In the immigration countries, immigrants are met upon arrival and 
provided with temporary food and shelter. Also, attempts are made 
to secure favorable interpretations of the immigration laws. 

PUBLICATIONS * 

Rescue . A monthly bulletin. 

Annual Report . 






THE. INDtPEMPHS CITIZENS ■ COMMITTEE 
OF THE ARTS, S CIENCES, AM) PROFESSIONS 


An educational and political action committee 0 

Hotel Astor, Suite 170 Telephone: Circle 6-5412 

New York 19, N, Y„ 


Jo Davidson, Chairman 

PURFOSE : "There are five main objectives which are the basis of the 
national program now being conducted by the Independent Citizens 11 Com¬ 
mittee: They ares 

1 0 International Security 
2, Pull Employment 

3o End to Racial Discrimination and Achievement of Equal 
Opportunity 

4o Abolition of the Poll Tax and Extension of Democracy 
5o Public Health and an increase of Educational and Cultural 
Facilities throughout the country e n (Official Statement) 


ORGANIZATION : The Independent Voter's Committee of Arts and Sciences 
for Roosevelt grew out of an idea of Jo Davidson's, He sent a number of 
letters to a group composed mainly of artists and writers, asking if 
they wanted to coordinate their activities in helping to reelect Presi¬ 
dent Roosevelt, The idea was enthusiastically received and the program 
formally got under way August 22, 1944« The committee was active in 
putting on two rallies in Madison Square Garden, sponsoring radio broad¬ 
casts, organizing a "Broadway for Roosevelt" dinner, sending troups to 
tour upper New York, and servicing hundreds of meetings with name people 
from its ranks. 


As the campaign drew to a close, the Committee received requests from 
all sides to continue its work. Accordingly after the successful ter¬ 
mination of the campaign it closed its doors to reorganize, and on 
January 1, 1945, reopened as a permanent group now known as the Inde¬ 
pendent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, Inc 0 

The officers of the Committee are Jo Davidson, chairman; Fredric March, 
treasurer; and Herman Shumlin, chairman, Finance Committee, The Board 
of Directors includes William Rose Benet, Van Wyck Brooks, Norman Corwin, 
Professor Albert Einstein, Lillian Heilman, Paul Robeson, and many bthers. 

The Committee's activities are subdivided into divisions: radio, theatre, 
education, science, literature, public health, music and art. Each 
division has its own officers with the chairman serving on the overall 
Committee Board of Directors, In this way various talents are channeled 








THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS" COMMITTEE =2' 


and the members are able to work for educational and political action within 
their particular medium,. Each division has* or plans to have* an inter cul¬ 
tural committee* to work toward international cooperation 0 

OPERATIONS ; To achieve its objectives the Committee conducts intensive 
educational and political action campaigns within its own fields and among 
the general public„ In these campaigns it makes use of pamphlets* radio 
programs* meetings* legislative activity* advertising* publicity* posters 
and all other means available to it and effective for its purposes 0 The 
Committee expects to participate in state and local elections where Commit- 
tee divisions are functioning as well as in national election campaigns 0 
Because of the prestige of its members the C 0 0 o hopes to influence 
the general public and stimulate further action on their part Q 

The Xo Co C 0 maintains a Washington legislative office which keeps national 
and regional headquarters and its membership informed on legislative issues 
and maintains direct contact between the Committee and the Legislative* 
Judicial and Executive branches of the national government 0 

The Committee also maintains a Speaker°s Bureau which services 30 to 40 
meetings each week with prominent speakers from the various fields repre¬ 
sented in the I 0 C G C 0 The meetings cover every kind of organization and 
the speakers discuss vital issues of the day before these groupso 

Whenever possible the I 0 C 0 C 0 expects to produce special radio programs 
for network broadcast on crucial is sues 0 It also hopes to prepare recordings 
to be distributed to smaller radio stations throughout the country Q 

At present the Committee is devoting its efforts to assuring congressional 
passage of Bretton Woods and a world security charter 0 Posters on Bretton 
Woods and Dumbarton Oaks have already been prepared for distribution 0 The 
Committee plans to actively support and campaign for passage of the ex¬ 
tension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act and the Murray-Wagner-Dingell 
Bill It expects to support the Norton Bill for a Permanent Fair Employ¬ 
ment Practices Commission and will campaign for state legislation similar 
to the Ives Bill recently passed in New York State 0 It supports the H 0 Ro 7* 
the bill in Congress to abolish the poll tax 0 

The Committee called a Conference of the Arts* Sciences and Professions in 
the Post-War World which took place June 22nd and 23rd at the Waldorf- 
Astoria Hotel in New York City 0 The national problems of international 
security and full employment were discussed in relation to the specific 
problems of reconversion and rehabilitation in the fields of public health* 
science and technology* music* theatre* films and radio* literature* edu¬ 
cation and fine and graphic arts and architecture 0 Dr 0 Harlow Shapley 
was the Conference Chairman u 

MEMBERSHIP 3 Any person in the arts* sciences or professions is eligible 
for active membership 0 Those outside can become associate members* and 





COMMITTEE 


receive all privileges except the right to vote for officers,. There are 
about 8500 members at the present time G 

PUBLICATIONS ; The Independent a monthly journal of opinion* containing 
articles of political analyses and news of Committee activities,, 

A monthly Washington newsletter* containing the most up~to° 
date report of political trends* legislative situations* et© 0 
Spot“hews legislative reportsa 

Special pamphlet literature on important legislation and other 
national issues vital to its program„ 








INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 


A non-profit association of industries for the advancement of health¬ 
ful working conditions. 

4400 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Mavflower 1100 

Pittsburgh 13, Pa. 

John F. McMahon, Managing Director 

PURPOSE : "The maintenance and advancement of healthful working con¬ 
ditions in industry through the support of medical and engineering 
research on industrial health nroblems both in the laboratory and the 
plant, and the providing of practical services, including industrial 
hygiene surveys and periodic publications." (Official Statement,) 

ORGANIZATION : The Industrial Hygiene Foundation was founded in 1935'; 
at that time it was named the Air Hygiene Foundation. It is sustained 
by the industrial establishments which comprise its membership, and 
governed by a board of directors. 

Its services to members include plant hygiene surveys to detect and 
help eliminate unhealthful or obnoxious exposures; sick absenteeism 
studies to reduce time lost by illness; research and publications; 
laboratory, cooperative, and library facilities. It serves also as 
an interchange of practical information and experience in industrial 
hygiene among companies. One medium for this interchange is the an¬ 
nual meeting of members, held each November, which is attended by 
management representatives and industrial health specialists. The 
Foundation maintains its headquarters at Mellon Institute in Pitts¬ 
burgh. 

The officers are Andrew Fletcher, chairman of the board of trustees 
and treasurer; V. P. Ahearn, secretary; T. C. Waters, general counsel; 
John F. McMahon, managing director. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Foundation has foreign subscribers 
throughout the world. It welcomes foreign inquiries, and considers 
requests for its publications from foreign libraries and other non¬ 
profit institutions. It has sent delegates to international conferen¬ 
ces and entertained foreign visitors in the United States who are 
especially interested in industrial hygiene. 

MEMBERSHIP : In addition to almost 300 industrial firms, many federal, 
state, and local government agencies and individuals subscribe to its 
publications and services. 







INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION -2- 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Industrial Hvriene Digest . Monthly abstracts of medical and 
engineering literature, legal developments, and news. 

Bulletins . Published in five series: medical, preventive engi¬ 
neering, legal, transactions, and special series. Among the subjects 
are Silicosis and Allied Disorders; Sick Absenteeism in Industry; 

Health Problems of Women in Industry; Measurement and Control of In¬ 
dustrial Dust; Use and Care of Respirators; Design of Exhaust Hoods; 
Determination of Lead in Air; Identification of Industrial Dusts; 
Sampling for Control of Atmospheric Impurities; Measuring Air Flow 
in Industrial Ventilation; A Survey of the Statutes and Court Decisions 
respecting Occupational Disease; Compensation Legislation - A Critical 
Review; Putting the Disabled Veteran Back to Work. 






ASSOCIATION 


A national clearing house for industrial recreation information,. 

One North LaSalle Street Telephones Andover 3306 

Chicago 2p Illinois 

John W 0 Fulton, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE ; "To promote recreation as a sound industrial policy 

ORGANIZATION S The Industrial Recreation Association was begun in 1940 by 
a group of industrial recreation directors, as a non-profit service or- 
ganization. It now has a membership of 127 companies in the United States„ 
It is a national organization operating exclusively in the field of 
employee recreation for the purpose of promoting industrial recreation„ 

Membership may be taken out by the management or by the employee recrea¬ 
tion association of the company 0 Memberships are available to individuals> 
provided they are not connected with industry,. The Association conducts 
research projects and maintains ©lose relationship with Purdue University,, 

The Association is governed by a Board of Directors and the following of¬ 
ficers; president, E u B. DeGrooteg vice-presidents, C„ A„ Benson, Harold 
Mayfield, Robert A„ Turner, James F 0 Walsh? director of research and 
education, Floyd Eastwood? treasurer, L. C„ Ripley? executive secretary,, 
John Wo Fulton,, 

OPERATIONS ; The Association provides the following services to members; 

(1) issuing of manuals which outline "tested procedures for the inaugura¬ 
tion and conduct of effective programs,, provide useful information in con¬ 
venient form,, and make available to members the results of current research 

(2) semi-monthly Newsletter containing brief reviews of new ideas and de¬ 
velopments in industrial recreation and employee service? ( 3 ) Idea-Clinic 
Bulletins ; ( 4 ) inquiry service, in which the IRA headquarters office is 
available for information or suggestions regarding individual problems? 

( 5 ) conferences and conventions, providing opportunities for the assembly 
of management representatives, personnel directors and recreation leaders 
to discuss problems and exchange ideas,, 

During the war, the local employee recreation associations have often 
handled bond drives. Red Cross classes, etc 0 


_ semi-monthly. 

Idea-Clinic Bulletins , semi-monthly. 
Various handbooks, such ass 

Standard Sports Areas 

How to Set Up Tournaments 


The above publications are available to members only 




































INSTITUTE FOR INTERCULTURAL STUDIES 


Nonprofit educational organization to promote understanding of 
cultural differences in contemporary cultures. 

15 West 77th Street Telephone: Endicott 2-8500 

New York, N. Y. 


Dr. Margaret Mead, Acting Secretary 

PURPOSE : "Devoted to the study of all those cultural factors — 
institutions, habits, and character -- which, differing profound¬ 
ly from one nation to another, are relevant to international co¬ 
operation." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : When the Council on Intercultural Relations was 
incorporated in January, 1944> its name was changed to the Insti¬ 
tute for Intercultural Studies, Inc. The Institute, which is 
housed in the American Museum of Natural History, is financed by 
grants from foundations and individuals. It is composed of a 
small group of trustees, all well-known figures in the fields of 
human relations. The present board of trustees consists of 
Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, area specialist for the Office 
of Strategic Services; Ruth Benedict, associate professor of 
anthropology, Columbia University; Lyman Bryson, professor of 
education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Edwin R. Qnbree, 
president, Julius Rosenwald Fund; Lawrence K. Frank, chairman of 
the Society for Research in Child Development; Margaret Mead, 
associate curator, Department of Anthropology, American Museum of 
Natural History; and Harold Wolff, associate professor of medicine 
and associate attending physician, New York Hospital. The chair¬ 
man is Lyman Bryson, and Margaret Mead is acting secretary. 

The Institute is engaged in a program of studies relevant to war¬ 
fare in foreign countries and to human and cultural reconstruction 
in the postwar period. It promotes the application of anthropological 
and psychological methods to the study of contemporary cultures and 
concentrates on developing a background of scientific knowledge which 
can be used as a basis for developing sound practice in intercultural 
fields. In all its studies, the Institute is working on the follow¬ 
ing assumptions: 

1. That any plan for postwar reconstruction and later world-wide 
cooperation must recognize the validity of different and con¬ 
trasting civilizations, each of which has developed its own 
unique and valuable ways of life, its own concepts of order, 
and its own ways of seeking order. 





INSTITUTE FOR INTERCULTURAL STUDIES -2- 


2. That any plan which is based upon the notion that some one set 
of cultural ideas should dominate the world is provincial and 
doomed to eventual failure. Such a plan would inevitably fail 
to provide any positive role for the other great civilizations 
of the world, and would therefore fail to enlist the members 
of these other civilizations in world cooperation. No plan 
which conceives of the Atlantic Basin as the hub of civiliza¬ 
tion and regards the rest of the world as permanently "back¬ 
ward" or as "colonies"" has the sort of base within which the 
peoples of Africa and Asia can be integrated. 

3. That scientific knowledge and scientific insight will be neces¬ 
sary in the drawing up of any plan for world cooperation. Such 
a plan must be conceived on lines which transcend the limita¬ 
tions and cultural assumptions of any one people, and the 
scientific approach to human relations is the only one which 
seriously attempts such a width of vision. 

Besides reviewing and evaluating relevant literature, motion pic¬ 
tures, and the plastic and graphic arts, the Institute instigates 
various research projects of its own. It has a large number of 
collaborators working with it — scientists from all over this 
country and even a few in Ehgland and Australia. Material 
prepared by the Institute appears either in mimeograph or re¬ 
print form. It is sent to a select mailing list, which includes 
key people in government agencies. No propaganda material is 
issued. 

It has prepared material on enemy civilizations, as well as on 
Allied Nations and occupied countries, and problems of inter- 
cultural adjustment in the United States. Perhaps the most 
notable works that have been issued are two studies on the 
Japanese character structure. After the cessation of hostilities, 
the Institute hopes to extend its operations to include more 
field work, and it may even be in a position to offer a few fel¬ 
lowships or scholarships. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

"Human Dignity and the Varieties of Civilization" — by 
Gregory Bateson; in Science. Philosophy and Religion : third 
symposium; Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion; 

New York; 1943J pp. 245-251; out of print. 

"Cultural and Thematic Analysis of Fictional Films" — by 
Gregory Bateson; in Transactions of the New York Academy of 
Sciences; ser. II, 5, 4, 72-78; February, 1943. 

"Some Systematic Approaches to the Study of Culture and 
Personality" — by Gregory Bateson; in Character and Personal - 
ity; XI, 1, 276-284; September, 1942. 







INSTITUTE FOR INTERCULTURAL STUDIES -3< 


PUBLICATIONS (continued)* 

"The Science of Decency" — by Gregory Bateson; discussion in 
Philosophy of Science : 10-2-140-142? April, 1943. 

"Character Structure; Its Role in the Analysis of Interpersona] 
Relations" — by Ernest Beaglehole; in Psychiatry : Vol. 7, No. 2; 
May, 1944. 

"Recognition of Cultural Diversities in the Postwar World" — 
by Ruth Benedict; in Anaals of the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science: pp. 101-107; July, 1943. 

"What Is a Good Society?" — by Lyman Bryson; in Science. 
Philosophy and Religion : third symposium; Conference on Science, 
Philosophy auid Religion; New York; 1943? pp. 145-153. 

"Hitler * 1 8 Imagery and German Youth" — by Erik H. Erikson; 
in Psychiatry : Journal of the Biology and Pathology of Inter¬ 
personal Relations; 5-4, 475-493? November, 1942. 

Comments on Anti-Nazi Propaganda — by Erik H. Erikson; 
mimeographed; 3 pp. 

Hit;e£'.8 SEgeqh_o£ .September 3Q» ,1942 — by 
Erik H. Erikson; mimeographed; 9 pp. 

"World Order and Cultural Diversity" — by Lawrence K, 

Frank; in Free World : III-l; June, 1942. 

"Frontiers of the Future" — by Hans Fried; in Free World : 
August, 1944. 

"Themes in Japanese Culture" — by Geoffrey Gorer; in 
Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences; ser. II, 5-5 
106-124? March, 1943. 

Japanese Character Structure — by Geoffrey Gorer; mimeo¬ 
graphed; 1942; 30 pp.; reissued in 1944. 

"An Experimental Investigation of National Stereotypes" — 
by Madeline Kerr; in The Sociological Review : Vol. XXXV, Nos. 

1 and 2; pp. 37-43? London; 1944. 

"A Science of National Character" — by Otto Kleinberg? in 
Journal of Social Psychology : S.P.S.S.I.; Bulletin; 1944? 19, 
147-162. 

"Our Educational Bnphasis in Primitive Perspective" — by 
Margaret Mead; in American Journal of Sociology ; XLVIII, 6, 

633-639? May, 1943. 



















INSTITUTE FOR INTERCULTURAL STUDIES - 4 - 


PUBLICATIONS (continued): 

And Keen Your Powder Dry — by Margaret Mead; William Morrow 
and Company; 1942; 274 pp. (Not circulated by the Institute but 
presented as part of its program) 

"Anthropological Techniques in War Psychology" — by Margaret 
Mead; in Bu^gtlp .<?f .t frg _Mgnnlng er _C3 i inj t .c; 7, 4, 137-140; July, 
1943. 


"Preparing Children for a World Society" — by Margaret 
Mead; in Childhood Education : April, 1944. 

Aj^Anqlygls, of.J & Eqnese.C har acter Structure; Based on 
Japanese Film Plots and Thematic Apperception Tests on Japanese- 
Americans — by Arnold Meadow; 1944; 91 pp.; mimeographed. 

"Geography Begins at Home" — by A. E. Parr; in Natural 
History; June, 1943. 









INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS 


An educational foundation which finances training of individuals 
in the field of international affairs. 

522 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 2-641+3 

New York, N. Y. 

D. M. Brodie, Secretary and Treasurer 

PURPOSE: Finances the training in various parts of the world of 
particularly gifted young American men with the object of giving 
them opportunity to become expert in some major phase of inter¬ 
national affairs. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute of Current World Affairs is a non¬ 
profit institution endowed by a fund set up in 1925 by Charles R. 
Crane, former U. S. Minister to China. It is administered by a 
board of trustees, of which Charles F. Axelson, a trustee of the 
University of Chicago, is chairman; Donald M. Brodie, secretary 
and treasurer. Walter S. Rogers is director of the Institute. 

Students, usually college graduates who have made a successful 
start in some profession, are selected with some specific area 
or project in mind, and the Institute provides as much money over 
as long a time as proves necessary to enable the individual to 
become a specialist in his line. There have been slightly more 
than a dozen recipients of these grants. As an example, a Harvard 
Law School graduate was sent to the Moscow Juridical Institute, 
where he took the three years' course and he is now the outstand¬ 
ing American authority on Soviet law. 

The Institute does not engage in other research, issues no formal 
publications, and has no affiliations. 







INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 

Graduate School of Art History 

17 East 80th Street Telephone: Butterfield 8-2810 

New York 21, N. Y. 


Dr. Walter W. S. Cook, Director 


PURPOSE: ’’The Institute of Fine Arts of New York University has 
a threefold aim: (l) to offer advanced instruction to graduate 
students who are planning to become teachers, museum workers, or 
creative scholars; (2) to further research in the history of art 
and archaeology, and to advance scholarly publications in the 
fine arts; (3) to interest the intelligent public in the arts, 
end to stimulate an appreciation of the works of art in the mu¬ 
seums and collections of New York City." (From the Catalogue) 

O H j ANIZATION : The establishment of the Department of the History 
or Art goes back to 1835» the year after the founding of New York 
University. Samuel B. Morse, artist and inventor of telegraphy, 
was the first occupant of the chair in the history of art which 
lapsed when he turned to other pursuits. In 1922*instruction in 
the history of art was revived under the guidance of Dr. Fiske 
Kimball, director of tie department, and for many years courses 
were given in the lecture rooms of the Metropolitan Museum of 
Art. In 1938 the university purchased the home of the late Paul 
Warburg, New York banker, at 17 East 80th Street, and since that 
time this center has been known as the Institute of Fine Arts. 

Art objects collected by Mr. Warburg still make up a part of the 
furnishings in the Institute. 

An unusually fine collection of photographic material dealing 
with the art of the Near East has been donated by the widow of 
the late Professor Riefstahl, and this material is available to 
graduate students. The Institute also houses a large collec¬ 
tion of approximately 70,000 lantern slides. It is served by a 
branch of the Washington Square library of the University con¬ 
taining 3*500 volumes and comprising the more important standard 
reference works in the fields in which instruction is offered. 

The nucleus of the collection was made possible through a grant 
from the Carnegie Corporation. 

From the very beginning the Institute has enjoyed the friendly 
hospitality of the Metropolitan Museum of Art where a major pro¬ 
portion of its courses have been given. The Institute has also 
been privileged to use the resources of the Frick Art Reference 
Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library, as well as other public 
and private art collections centered in New York. The faculty 





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includes a permanent staff of authorities in the various fields 
of art history, as well as distinguished specialists from other 
.American universities and museums who are invited each year to 
give lecture courses. The public is admitted to a certain num¬ 
ber of lecture courses at the rate of $27.00 a course. Regular 
matriculation fees for advanced credit are $ 36.00 each half 
course (30 hours a year). The Institute offers numerous fellow¬ 
ships and scholarships. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : For many years before the war the 
Institute of International Education offered institute students 
summer fellowships at the Sorbonne. The Belgian Foundation 
offered similar fellowships for study at Brussels University. 

Art fellowships offered by New York University each year are 
available to foreign students. After the war the Institute hopes 
to resume foreign fellowships which will enable American students 
to study abroad. 

In former years professors in foreign institutions have given 
individual lectures or lecture courses at the Institute. Among 
these were Marcel Aubert, Musee du Louvre and Ecole Nationals 
de Chartres; Henri Focillon, College de France, Paris; Helmut 
Schluck, Curator, State Museum, Berlin; Edgar Wind, Deputy 
Director, Warburg Institute, London; Eustache de Lorey, Director, 
Institut Francais d'Archeologie et d'Art Musulmans, Damascus. 

PUBLICATIONS : Marsyas — an annual publication by the students 
of the Institute - $2.SO per issue. 

Institute of Fine Arts News — news sheet issued semi-annually. 

Institute of Fine Arts Catalog (not printed since the war but to 
be reissued) — lists graduate students and titles of theses 
published. 

University catalogs and catalog of lectures offered which includes 
a list of professors and their backgrounds — published annually. 









THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 


Nonmembership organization in the field of international educa¬ 
tion relations. 

2 West 45th Street Telephone: Vanderbilt 6-1471 

New York 19* N. Y. Cable Address: INTEEED 

Stephen Duggan, Director 

Edgar J. Fisher, Assistant Director 

RJHPOSE : From its beginning the Institute of International Edu¬ 
cation - has had for its general aim the development of inter¬ 
national understanding, good will and education through such 
activities as the exchange of professors; the establishment and 
administration of international fellowships; the holding of 
conferences on problems of international education, and the pub¬ 
lication of books and pamphlets on the opportunities for study 
in countries abroad. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute was organized in 1919 with Dr. 
Stephen Duggan as director, and an administrative board was 
formed to guide its policy. In 1927 the administrative board 
was reorganized as the board of trustees. 

"The bulk of the Institute's work is carried on in its head¬ 
quarters office in New York, where the activities of the di¬ 
rector, the assistant director, the student bureau, the lecture 
bureau, the library, and publications staff are centralized. 

The Washington bureau of the Institute was opened in 194-3 to 
facilitate contacts with United States government agencies work¬ 
ing on international educational matters, and to handle more 
rapidly many problems that are associated with the greatly ex¬ 
panded program for Latin American students in the United States. 

"The American University Union in Europe, under the administra¬ 
tion of the Institute, maintained offices in both Paris and 
London until the German conquest of France in 1940, when the 
Paris branch necessarily closed. The London branch has con¬ 
tinued to function effectively as one of the most valuable 
cultural liaisons between the United States and Great Britain. 

In addition, the Institute has representatives and correspon¬ 
dents in most of the leading countries of the world, to assist 
particularly in the selection of meritorious candidates for 
fellowships and scholarships under the student exchange pro¬ 
gram. Its correspondents abroad just prior to the outbreak of 
World War II included the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst 
in Berlin, the Italo-American Institute in Florence, the Office 





THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDJCATION -2- 


National des Universites et Ecoles Francaise in Paris, the Junta 
para Ampliacion de Estudios in Madrid, the American Institute in 
Prague, the Austro-American Institute in Vienna, the Institute 
J. J. Rousseau in Geneva, and Professor Arthur Robn of the Swiss 
School Council in Zurich. At the present time the Institute has 
fellowship selection committees in each oi the 20 other .American 
republics. 

"The sphere oi operations of the Institute, as well as a plan for 
the continuing financial support of its basic program, was agreed 
upon at an important conference held in May, 1926, by representa¬ 
tives of the Institute, the .American Council on Education, the 
American University Union in Europe, the Carnegie Corporation, 
and the Laura Spelman Rocketeller Memorial. In the interest of 
harmonious cooperation and to prevent duplication of effort, it 
was agreed that the Institute should represent American education 
vis-a-vis the rest of the world, administering fellowships and 
visiting professorships, welcoming foreign scholars, arranging 
itineraries of foreign educational missions, holding conferences 
on problems of international education, and conducting activities 
of a similar nature. The American University Union became a sub¬ 
sidiary of the Institute and its governing board became an 
Institute committee at the same time the American Council on Edu¬ 
cation continued to he the agency of the colleges and universi¬ 
ties of the United States for the solution of problems affecting 
American education." (From pamphlet, The Institute of Inter- 
national Education 1919-19^) 

The Carnegie Corporation provides funds for carrying on many of 
the Institute's activities. Other private foundations and indi¬ 
viduals have made generous contributions, and since 19^1 many of 
the additional funds for special purposes have come from the 
United States government, primarily through the Office of the 
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and the Department of State. 

Dr. Stephen Duggan, who has been director of the Institute since 
it was organized, is a member of the directing boards of many 
organizations in the field of international education. Dr. 

Edgar J. Fisher, formerly dean oi Robert College in Istanbul, 
Turkey, is assistant director. A. Randle Elliott is administra¬ 
tor of the Washington office, and Willard Connely is director 
of the London office of the American University Union, 1 Gordon 
Square, W. C. 1. The student bureau, under the supervision of 
the assistant director, has a Latin American division, of which 
Mi88 Edna Duge is secretary. Miss Emily Donick, associate secre¬ 
tary, and the Misses Eleanor T. Middledith, Nuvart Parseghian, 
Olive Holbrook, Leonor Holmes, regional secretaries for Latin 
American countries; a European division of which Miss Ruth 
Hibbard is secretary, and a student counsel and guidance center 







THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION -3- 


with Miss Catherine Sands, secretaiy, and Miss Beryl Parke, 
assistant secretaiy, 

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSBpS : The student exchange plan is the 
mainstay of the Institute's work. In return for fellowships 
granted by American colleges and universities to students from 
certain foreign countries, the governments, ministries of educa¬ 
tion, and institutions of learning in those countries have 
offered equivalent grants to United States students. Most of 
the rewards are for graduate study. The fellowships in the ma¬ 
jority of cases cover board, room and tuition, while the stu¬ 
dents bear the cost of their own travel and incidental expenses. 
In some cases an additional cash stipend is granted to the ex¬ 
change student. 

Because of the efficient technique developed by the Institute in 
the administration of its exchange fellowships, various other 
organizations and agencies granting definite cash stipends for 
Americans abroad have placed their awards in its hands. In¬ 
cluded in this group have been such opportunities as the Willard 
Straight Research Fellowships for study in China, American Field 
Service Fellowships for French Universities, the Germanistic 
Society Fellowship for study in Germany, the Scholarships for 
the Junior Year Abroad (primarily for France, Germany and 
Switzerland), and the Roosevelt Fellowships for study in the 
other American republics. 

Between 1922 and 1944 the Institute placed on fellowships and 
scholarships in our American colleges and universities a total 
of 2,046 European and Asiatic students, and 1,131 young men 
and women from the Latin American countries. During the same 
period, 2,242 United States citizens have received awards for 
study in Europe and Asia, and 102 have been sent to the other 
American republics; 23 others have been given grants during the 
war to study subjects of international importance within the 
United States. In all the Institute has administered 5.544 
awards, the actual cash value of which has been estimated at 
$3.73**.ooo. 

VISITING LECTURERS AND PROFESSORS: Through the Institute's plan 
of "visiting professors", a great number of colleges and uni¬ 
versities in all parts of the country have benefitted. The 
lecturers have been selected by the Institute through its repre¬ 
sentatives abroad. While the colleges and universities pay fees 
to the foreign visitors sufficient to cover their necessary 
travel and living expenses, the number of institutions partici¬ 
pating in the scheme has been large enough to keep the cost for 
any one college relatively low. Through operation of this plan, 
American students and faculties — in many cases the general 





THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION -4- 


public also — have been enabled to hear and exchange views with 
distinguished authorities (on international relations, history, 
literature, philosophy, education and science) who otherwise would 
never have been available to more than a handful of people. Since 
its organization the Institute has circuited }10 foreign scholars, 
educators, publicists, and men and women of affairs. The scope of 
their influence is suggested in the fact that for the six-year 
period ending in the summer of 19^, the Institute arranged 2,098 
lecture engagements for the 69 speakers it circuited. A few of the 
outstanding personalities who have lectured in the United States 
under Institute auspices include: Jacques Maritain, philosopher, 
France; Andre Siegfried, political scientist, France; Norman 
Angell, publicist. Great Britain; Harold Laski, political scientist. 
Great Britain; Gaetano Salvemini, historian, Italy; Yladimir 
Nabokoff, novelist, Russia. 

WAR OPERATIONS: In addition to obtaining scholarships and fellow- 
ships for 8trended students caught in this country at the be¬ 
ginning of World War II, the Institute has been very active in 
aiding the large number of student refugees coming to the United 
States. In April, 1943, the American Committee for Christian 
Refugees placed a fund at the disposal of the Institute known as 
the Refugee Scholar Fund. During the past year grants or loans 
were made from this fund to 4l refugees in academic fields. 

The bulk of the assistance for refugee students, however, has 
come through the administration by the Institute of the work for 
refugees of the Student Service of America, Inc., the organiza¬ 
tion which succeeded the United States Committee of the Interna¬ 
tional Student Service when the latter committee disbanded. The 
funds for this activity in behalf of refugee students are actually 
raised by the World Student Service Fund, an organization that is 
becoming increasingly important in the student field, and ad¬ 
ministered by the Institute. 

The Institute has also played an active part in finding academic 
post8 for exiled foreign professors. The most notable under¬ 
taking in this field has been the work of the Energency Committee 
in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars, organized in the office of 
the Institute in June, 1933* after the Nazis came into power in 
Germany. Originally designed to assist refugee scholars from 
Germany, the Energency Committee extended its aid, as required, 
to refugees from other areas, especially after the Nazi conquests 
of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and later of Norway, Belgium, the 
Netherlands, France and Italy. The director of the Institute 
became secretary and later chairman of the executive committee 
that has supervised this work. With the liberal financial support 
of private contributors, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Oberlander 




THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EEUCATION -5 


Trust and others, the Bnergency Committee has made two-year 
grants to a number of universities in amounts necessary to 
cover the salary of each exiled professor whom the institutions 
have accepted on the recommendation of the Committee. In 11 
years the Committee has helped to support 330 refugee pro¬ 
fessors, and 216 of them have been absorbed into the regular 
staffs of the colleges and universities. 

PUBLICATIONS : Lists of fellowships available for Americans to 
study abroad and for foreigners to study in the United States 
(discontinued during the war). 

Handbooks on education and living conditions in various 
countries. 

Guidebooks for Foreign Students in the United States . 

News Bulletin , published monthly from October to May, with 
circulation of about 5.000* 

Annual Report of the Director . 

Pamphlet Series, such as: 

No. 7* Wartime Britain, a report by Stephen Duggan of his 
visit to Great Britain, 19^. 

No. S. Weaver of an International Ideal: The Institute of 
InternaTTonal 'Education, 19*&. 

No. 9- The Institute of International Education, 1919-19^ 
It8 Aims and"Achievement s During Twenty-five Years. 





























INSTITUTE OF JEWISH AFFAIRS 


Devoted to research on Jewish life since the first World War. 

183^ Broadway Telephone: Circle b-1900 

New York 23, N. Y. Cable Address: CONGRESS 

Dr. Jacob Robinson, Director 

PURPOSE : ”The purpose of the Institute of Jewish Affairs is to 
conduct a thorough investigation of Jewish life with a view to: 

"1. Establishing the facts of the present situation; 

“2. Determining its direct and indirect causes; 

”3. Informing governmental and other official and public bodies 
as to these findings—through periodical studies, advisory memo¬ 
randa, and large volumes; 

" 4 . Formulating the basis on which equal rights and freedom for 
Jews may be secured in a general postwar reconstruction.” (Official 
statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Institute of Jewish Affairs was set up 
February 1, 19^1, under the auspices of the American Jewish Con¬ 
gress and the World Jewish Congress. It functions as an inde¬ 
pendent scientific and research organization under the sponsor¬ 
ship and with the financial support of these groups, and is housed 
in the offices maintained by the two Congresses in New York City. 

Its research staff includes experts in every field of international 
and Jewish affairs. Dr. Jacob Robinson, director of the Institute, 
is a recognized authority on European minorities problems. 

OPERATIONS: The research activities of the Institute are directed 
toward problems of the Jewish people, as seen and interpreted by 
the American Jewish Congress and the World Jewish Congress. It 
has, through the American Jewish Congress, been instrumental in 
preparing the program of postwar reconstruction adopted by the 
American Jewish Conference. Its publications have been widely 
used and commended by United States government agencies, foreign 
embassies and legations, religious leaders, the press snd many 
other official and public bodies. 

The Institute is in permanent contact with agencies of the United 
States and British governments, with research and other agencies 
of governments in exile in London, with the International Labour 
Office in Montreal, and with other leading governmental, semi¬ 
official and private organizations both in this country and in 
England that are now working on postwar problems. Through corre¬ 
spondence and the mutual interchange of views and findings, the 






INSTITUTE OF JEWISH AFFAIRS -2- 


Institute of Jewish Affairs and such organizations as the Carnegie 
Endowment tor International Peace, the Commission to Study the 
Organization of Peace, and the Church Peace Union, cooperate in 
the preparatory task of outlining the methods of dealing with post¬ 
war problems. 

The Institute is, therefore, not only a research body and an infor¬ 
mation service but also a permanent liaison agency between organiza¬ 
tions in the Jewish and non-Jewish world which are vitally concerned 
with the formulation and implementation of the conditions of a well- 
ordered and lasting peace. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Institute of Jewish Affairs has published a series 
of documented periodical studies under the title, Jewish Affairs. 
Since initial publication in August, 19^1. this series of studies has 
dealt with the following subjects: 

Jews Under Soviet Rule 

Jews in the French Empire (1940-1941) 

The Problem of a Jewish Army 

Projects for Jewish Mass Colonization 

The Warsaw Ghetto 

Jews in the Far East 

Cold Pogrom in Rumania 

Jewish Forced Labor 

Minorities After This War 

The Jewish Religion in Axis Europe 

Starvation Over Europe (Made in Germany) 

A second series of studies, FRCM WAR TO PEACE, has now been 
launched, the first three of which (already published) are: 

No. 1, RELIEF AND REHABILITATION — Implications of the UNRRA 
Program for Jewish Needs, by Zorach Warhaftig 

No. 2, INDEMNIFICATION AND REPARATIONS — Jewish Aspects by 
Nehemiah Robinson 

No. 3, THE JEWISH CATASTROPHE — The Methods of its Research 
by Jecob Lestchinsky 

Other volumes published by the Institute include: 

JEWS IN NAZI EUROPE (ig4l) 

HITLER'S TEN-YEAR WAR ON THE JEWS (1943) 

WERE THE MINORITIES TREATIES A FAILURE? 
by Jacob Robinson and Others 






INSTITUTE OF JEWISH AFFAIRS 


THE JEWISH HERD EE toy Arieh Tartakower and Kurt R. 
Grossmann 

RACIAL STATE — The German Nationalities Policy in The 
Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia toy Gerhard Jacotoy 







INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS, INC . 

American Council 


An international organization conducting research, discussion and 
public education on the Far East. 

1 East 54th Street Telephone: Eldorado 5-1759 

New York 22, N. Y. Cable: IMPAREL 

Raymond Dennett, Secretary 

PURPOSE : To promote the study of the international problems of the 
Pacific area. 

ORGANIZATION : The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was founded in 
1925 in Honolulu, by a group of public-spirited people from several 
countries bordering on the Pacific, who decided that some unofficial 
body was needed wherein representative citizens of nations with inter¬ 
ests in the Pacific could exchange opinions and conduct research on 
their common problems. It is an unofficial and nonpolitical organiza¬ 
tion composed of 10 autonomous national councils in the principal 
countries having important interests in the Pacific area. The Institute 
also has an International Secretariat. 

The American Council of the IPR, which is one of the ten autonomous 
national councils, has a membership of nearly I 5 OO Americans who, in 
their universities, publications, research centers, business and pro¬ 
fessions, are actively cooperating with its regional centers in 
Chicago, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco, Washington, Seattle. It is 
a nonprofit organization, financed by foundations, large corporate 
gifts, and memberships. 

Officers include: chairman, Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the 
University of California; treasurer, E. Ellsworth Huggins; secretary, 
Raymond Dennett; secretary-general, Edward C. Carter. 

The IPR program combines research, discussion and public education. 

Under its auspices important research projects have been undertaken on 
such subjects as: growth of Japanese industry, foreign investments in 
the Far East, government and nationalism in southeast Asia, and land 
utilization in China. The American Council has cooperated with the 
International Secretariat in the planning and execution of this work and 
has contributed to its financial support. In addition, certain studies 
have been carried out directly under its auspices, among them: history 
of Chinese Society, economy of Southeast Asia, Filipino plantation 
workers in Hawaii, Guam arxi its people, U.S. shipping in the Pacific, 
etc. 

Besides publishing books, periodicals, pamphlets, school materials, 
etc., the Council carries on radio programs and seminars; special ma¬ 
terial is assembled for businessmen, teachers, publicists and other 





INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS, INC. -2- 


groups. "As a result of eighteen years of steadily expanding activity, 
the Institute has become known as a primary source of information and 
study on the Pacific area." (from a pamphlet on the IPR Facts and 
Future ) 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: There are nine other autonomous National 
Councils similar to the American Council. Each is represented in the 
Pacific Council which, with its International Secretariat, coordinates 
the work of all the National Councils. Because of war conditions, the 
Pacific Council offices are temporarily in the United States, located 
at 1 East 5^th Street, New York. 

The other National Councils: 

Australian Institute of International Affairs 
Canadian " " " " 

China " " Pacific Relations 

Netherlands-Netherlands Indies Council, Institute of Pacific Rela¬ 
tions 

New Zealand Institute of International Affairs 
Philippine » " " » 

Royal " " " " 

USSR Council » » Pacific Relations 

Comite d'Etudes des Problemes du Pacifique (France) 

At regular intervals, international conferences are held by IPR repre¬ 
sentatives from the countries of the Pacific area. Past international 
conferences have been held in Honolulu in 1925 and 1927, Hyoto 1929, 
Shanghai 1931, Banff 1933. YoSemite Park 1936, Virginia Beach 1939. Mont 
Tremblant (Quebec) 19^2. The last named was attended by 150 delegates 
from 12 countries — legislators, experts, government officials such as 
Senator Thomas, Lord Hailey, Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar, Dr. Alfred Sze. 

This conference met to consider, among others, the following questions: 
China's place in wartime strategy; postwar aviation rivalries; the future 
of India; what to do with defeated Japan; American participation in inter¬ 
national organization; colonial policy. The results were published by 
the IPR in War and Peace in the Pacific . 

Following the Mont Tremblant Conference, the American Council arranged 
jointly with the Royal Institute of International Affairs for parallel 
study groups, one in London and one in Washington, working on the post¬ 
war problem of Anglo-American relations in the Pacific. 

The most recent international conference was held in Hot Springs in 
January, 19^5* 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The first months of the war placed heavy demands 
on the iPft for direct services to government agencies as staffs and 
libraries were assembled to handle Far Eastern questions. Numerous 
government agencies were supplied with essential data about new battle 
areas, bibliographical sources, and information on the resources, 
government, economy and problems of Japan, China, Burma, Thailand, 

Formosa, the Dutch East Indies, etc. Its libraries were extensively 









INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS, INC. -J>- 


used by officials from many departments. The Council's extensive knowl¬ 
edge of scholars, journalists and business men in the Far Eastern field 
was put at the government's disposal in the recruiting of Far Eastern 
experts for government service. The council and the IPR have furnished 
the Amy and Navy with educational material. Through the facilities of 
the OWI excerpts from the Far Eastern Survey and Pacific Affairs have 
been microfilmed and flown to China to be reproduced there for distribu- 
tion to government departments, universities, schools, etc. 

A Washington office has been set up for a series of special war studies. 
As an example of its work, this group enabled (in 1942) a number of 
Chinese economists, some of them for the first time, to exchange views 
with their American counterparts in government agencies. 

In cooperation with the American Library Association, the Council is 
holding in reserve a number of copies of each issue of Far Eastern Sur¬ 
vey for distribution to foreign libraries after the war. The CouncTT”is 
also stockpiling for the libraries of the other National Councils. 

PUBLICATIONS ; The IPR publishes two periodicals in the United States; 

Far Eastern Survey - the American Council bi-weekly on current 
developments in politics, industry, national economy, and war news in 
the Far East. $5 a year; single copies 25^. 

Pacific Affairs - published by the Pacific Council, a quarterly 
presenting original research material from the 10 countries participat¬ 
ing in the IPR. 

The Council issues numerous popular IPR pamphlets for general education 
purposes. It has placed emphasis on preparing better teaching materials 
and in 1942-43 brought out a new series of "unit texts" for high schools 
which have had wide distribution through American schools. In addition 
to textual materials, the IPR has also experimented with tools for 
teachers, such as The Far East - A Syllabus by George L. Harris, and a 
Bibliography, designed as a guide for school teachers. 



















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INTERCOLLEGIATE MUSICAL COUNCIL, INC. 


A nonprofit, nonpolitical organization representing a group of 
200 American college glee clubs. 

Murray D. Welch Telephone: Hanover 2-6290 

15 Broad Street 
New York 5, N. Y. 

Murray D. Welch, President 

PURPOSE : Sponsors intercollegiate glee club contests and music 
festivals in the United States and abroad. 

ORGANIZATION : The Intercollegiate Musical Council was formed in 
1914 by the glee clubs and glee club directors of Harvard, Yale, 
Princeton and Dartmouth Universities. The purpose was to organ¬ 
ize the entire United States for intercollegiate glee club con¬ 
tests. The movement gained the interest of the Carnegie Founda¬ 
tion, the Juilliard Foundation, and of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 
and has now grown to the point that about 200 outstanding col¬ 
lege glee clubs in America are represented, while contact is 
maintained with approximately 1,000 others. 

The Council has a board of 30 directors, most of them members 
of the University Glee Club of New York. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS: John D. Rockefeller, Jr., became inter¬ 
ested in establishing an international council, and toward, that 
end Marshall Bartholomew, director of the Yale Glee Club, was 
sent to Europe to form organizations on the continent. Out of 
this grew the International Student Music Council, with which 
the Intercollegiate Musical Council was loosely affiliated un¬ 
til 1939. Marshall Bartholomew became president of the Inter¬ 
national Student Music Council. The activities of both the 
International Council and the American Council have been sus¬ 
pended during the war. 

An international concert was to have been held in Copenhagen 
in 1939 with the King of Denmark as host; university glee clubs 
from all over Europe had been invited; the United States was to 
have been represented by the University Glee Club of New York. 
All arrangements were cancelled at the beginning of the war. 

Several American glee clubs have toured Europe and South Amer¬ 
ica, and .under the International Council several European glee 
clubs came to America, among them two Finnish glee clubs and 
one Hungarian. 









INTERCOLLEGIATE MUSICAL COUNCIL, INC 


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Efforts will be made to revive the international organization to be used 
as an instrument of good will after the war. 

















INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 


A professional association of employees of governmental agencies en= 
gaged in employment placement and/or unemployment insurance activities„ 

1242 H 0 Third St 0 Telephone: Cherry 0980 

Cleveland 13 9 Ohio 


Bo Co Seiple, Secretary“Treasurer 

PURPOSE : "To improve and assist in professionalizing the systems of un¬ 
employment placement and/or unemployment insurance offices in the United 
States and Canada and other countries 0 

To further the study of employment placement and unemployment 
insurance problems and procedures„ 

To further the development of national standards of operation, 
to bring about greater uniformity and better coordination of these 
jurisdictionso 

To bring into close coordination the efforts of government 
officials engaged in the fieldo" (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Association was formed in 1913 by a group of public 
employment service people who believed that an adequate nation-wide sys¬ 
tem of employment services could be developed only through a unified 
approach to the problems involved 0 Many of the original objectives adop¬ 
ted at the first meeting have won popular acceptance 0 The philosophy of 
public employment service is now generally accepted and the service is 
operated on a nation-wide basis 0 Techniques have been improved and to a 
great extent procedures are uniform 0 The Association is an organization 
of 18j,000 members in the United States and Canada 0 It is composed of 
44 state p provincial and territorial chapters grouped together in region¬ 
al districts^ 7 in the United States and 1 in Canada 0 Each district 
elects a representative to the Executive Committee which is the governing 
body of the organization The Association is financed by the dues of its 
members and by governmental agencies which benefit by its work 0 

OPERATIONS: The main concern of the Association is the improvement of 
personnel and operational standards„ A Standing Committee on Research^ 
Standards and Training studies and reports on recommendations for stan¬ 
dardization contributed by members and makes this information available 
to alio The Committee considers procedures relating to service to ap- 
plicantSp service to employers^ administrative personnel standards, train¬ 
ing and unemployment insurance 0 Recommendations adopted are submitted 
to the Executive Committee and published in the TAPES News 0 official 
bulletin of the Association 

In educational and legislative activities, the Association has pioneered 






INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES -2- 


in discussion and action on problems of labor clearance on a national 
basis, relations with organized labor, classification divisions for 
handling skilled and unskilled workers, and many other questions which 
paved the way for the United States Employment Service,, The Association 
pressured for the enactment of state legislation to provide for licens- 
ing and state inspection of fee charging employment agencies, which 
legislation has been enacted in most states today 0 

The Association organizes forums, study groups, conventions and other 
media for the exchange of ideas at international,, chapter and local 
levelso It meets with officials of the War Manpower Commission in work¬ 
ing out mutual problems 0 It issues Awards of Merit in recognition of 
individual contributions toward the development of the employment ser¬ 
vices 0 

POSTWAR PLANS : Much of the Association”s present activities are de¬ 
voted to consideration of problems connected with reconversion and 
veteran rehabilitation,. The Committee on Postwar Planning is studying 
and reporting to members on the post-war manpower situation, and the 
responsibilities of public employment services„ An annual essay con¬ 
test sponsored by the association had as its subject for 1945, "A 
Counseling Program for Postwar Public Employment Service,," 

With official War Manpower Commission participation, the Association is 
planning to sponsor a series of institutes to be held at leading uni¬ 
versities,, These institutes will be set up as centers for continuation 
courses to afford the membership from clerk to director an opportunity 
to engage in professional study„ 

MEMBERSHIP : Active = persons employed in professional, technical or 
operating capacity with a governmental agency engaged in employment 
placement and/or unemployment insurance„ 

Continuing - persons who have been active members but who 
because of change in vocation become ineligible for active membership» 
Honorary - persons who are not eligible for active or con¬ 
tinuing membership but who have made an outstanding contribution to the 
objectives of the Association,, 

PUBLICATIONS : The TAPES News , published monthly„ $1„00 a year, 10£ 
a copy, includes a supplement. Professional Journal s a medium for tech¬ 
nical discussions and for professional thinking,, 









INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS 1 ASSOCIATION 

An incorporated non-profit professional organization of city mana¬ 
gers and others interested in the art and science of municipal 
administration. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago, 37, Illinois 

Clarence E. Ridley, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: n To increase the proficiency of city managers and aid in 
the improvement of municipal administration in general". (Official 
Statement) 

ORGANIZATION* Founded in 1914 by a small group of city managers, the 
Association has developed into a professional organization of approxi¬ 
mately 850 members. It is governed by a president and three vice-presi¬ 
dents, elected each year at the annual conference, who, with a number 
of past presidents, constitute the executive board. The board 
selects an executive director, and meets twice each year to determine 
policies. 

Operating expenses of the Association are financed through membership 
dues, subscriptions of Public Management , sale of the Municipal Year 
Book and other miscellaneous publications and grants. The annual budget 
is approximately $50,000. 

OPERATIONS : The Association offers an inquiry service to answer 
requests for information or material from city managers and other muni¬ 
cipal officials. It conducts the Institute for Training in Municipal 
Administration, which offers to municipal officials a panel of eight 
correspondence courses in municipal administration. T^e courses avail¬ 
able are: personnel, planning, finance, fire, police, public works, 
recreation, and the technique of municipal administration. For each 
course a textbook has been prepared by outstanding administrators and 
other recognized authorities. The courses are conducted through cor¬ 
respondence and in group programs in large cities. Individual enroll¬ 
ments are $35, but the textbooks are now supplied at $7.50 per copy. 

The Association is represented on the governing board of the Public 
Administration Service, the staff of which is available to cities at 
cost in making surveys of an entire governmental unit. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Association's in-training courses have been 
made available to the Armed Forces Institute? thus many men in the armed 
services who, in peacetime, were public officials, have been able to 
continue their training. 








INTERNATIONAL, CITI MANAGERS* ASSOCIATION -2- 


Special material on administrative problems connected with wartime 
conditions has been prepared by the Association. It also supplies to 
all cities information on post-war planning throughout municipalities 
in the United States. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Since progress in municipal administration 
in the United States has been less interrupted than abroad, the ICMA 
feels it has a broad field of international service, awaiting develop¬ 
ment. The Municipal Management Series of 8 volumes containing the 
very latest guides to administrative practice are of sufficiently gene¬ 
ral applicability to be used abroad. The Association would consider 
granting translation rights. Its main concern is that the material 
should be used for service, at cost, and without •"lelding a profit to 
anyone. The Association would like to develop further a program of 
exchange fellowships in municipal administration. A few people from 
South America have studied here under such arrangements with the as¬ 
sistance of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 


The International City Manager's Association collaborates in its work 
abroad with the International Union of Local Authorities and the In¬ 
ternational Federation for Housing and Town Planning with headquarters 
in Brussels. An American Committee of the International Union of Local 
Authorities represented the American organizations'. The American Com¬ 
mittee also serves as the United States agent at the Pan American Com¬ 
mission on Intermunicipal Cooperation with headquarters in Havana. The 
Brussels IULA has now been reestablished and it has been proposed that 
the administration of the two international organizations be continued 
on a hemispherical basis, retaining an over-all groups of officers. 


MEMBERSHIP : The membership is composed of city managers. Classifica¬ 
tions are also provided for students and specialists in public adminis¬ 
tration. Members contribute as follows: 


Regular member - $21. 
Associa+e member - $15. 
Affiliate - $10. 
Cooperating - $10. 
Contributing - $100. 

(and over) 


Student - $5. 

(open to those between 
20 and 30 years of age 
who are enrolled in 
schools of public admini¬ 
stration or who are en¬ 
gaged in government 
service) 


PUBLICATIONS : Public Management , a monthly journal devoted to local 
government administration. $4.00 per year. 

Municipal Year Book , the annual authoritative resume 
of activities and statistical data of American cities, $8.50. 

Municipal Management Series , the in-service training 
texts. 8 volumes, $7.50 each, $55 set. 

Management Methods in Cltv Government . $1.50. 

Municipal Public Relations . $1.50. 











INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION -3- 


Measuring Municipal Activities . $3.50 
The Police and Minority Groups . $ .50 
Government in Small American Cities . $2.00 
How Cities Can Cut Costs. $1.00 
Monthly Administrative Reports for Cities . $1.00 
Planning for Postwar Municipal Services . $2.00 
City Manager’s News Letter 


















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Chapter for Relief and Postwar Planning, Inc. 
of the 

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE 

American committee of an international, private, professional 
organization (Congres International d'Architecture Moderne — CIAM) 

c/o New School for Social Research Telephone: Algonquin 4-2567 
66 West 12th Street 
New York 11, N. Y. 

Stamo Papadaki, Acting Secretary 

PURPOSE: To encourage the use of advanced techniques in the con¬ 
struction of cities, communities, buildings; to reestablish con¬ 
tacts between the different architectural groups in the liberated 
countries; and to assist constructively these groups and their 
countries in their task of planning and rebuilding the devastated 
areas. 

ORGANIZATION : Organized in the fall of 1944, the Chapter for Re¬ 
lief and Postwar Planning, Inc., is an association formed by the 
American members of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture 
Moderne (CIAM), joined with a representative group of members 
from other countries. As its name implies, the chapter aims to 
serve as a relief and postwar planning committee of its parent, 
the CIAM. The organization grew out of the realization that, be¬ 
cause the USA has not been ravaged by war, architects and manu¬ 
facturers have been able to work without interruption and to develop 
new techniques that will be of "inestimable value" in rebuilding 
devastated cities. 

The international body, a nonprofit organization supported by 
membership fees, was established in 1928 with headquarters in 
Switzerland. Between 1928 and 1939, 18 national CIAM groups 
were formed in Europe and America, the leading architects of 
the modern architectural movement helping in their formation 
and taking an active part in their work during those 11 years. 

From the time of its founding until the beginning of the war, 
the CIAM held five congresses and delegate meetings, in 
LaSarraz in 1928, in Frankfurt in 1929, in Brussels in 1930, 
in Athens in 1933, and in Paris in 1937. The congresses have 
been convoked on the basis of a definite program of work to 
be discussed and of resolutions to be adopted. 

CIAM membership is representative of the best in modern and 
progressive architecture. 






INTERNATIONAL congresses for modern ARCHITECTURE - 2 - 


CIAM delegates from Brazil have expressed their desire to join 
the Chapter for Relief and Postwar Planning; delegations will 
be organized soon in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico. 

All these countries are interested in the progress of building 
techniques in the United States and especially in the develop¬ 
ment of new systems in prefabrication applied to low-cost 
housing. 

Officers of the American Chapter include: president, Richard 
L. Neutra; vice-presidents, K. Lonberg Holm, Paul Nelson, and 
Jose Luis Sert; acting secretary, Stamo Papadaki, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Since the Chapter for Relief and 
Postwar Planning was set up to serve the parent organization, 
CIAM, its interests are almost wholly international in scope. 

It has begun to establish contacts with foreign governments 
and with the 18 groups of CIAM abroad "in the hope that re¬ 
building and replanning will proceed along constructive lines 
and that no emergency action will be taken in devastated 
regions which would freeze situations the wrong way for 
generations to come." 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Chapter for Relief and Postwar 
Planning will collect, digest, translate and forward data 
on planning, building methods, systems of prefabrication 
and materials (catalogs of manufacturers, etc.) and will 
establish contacts with technical consultants in the USA when 
so required. It will work for the adoption of advanced planning 
standards, both for temporary and permanent construction, to fit 
the manifold current projects. The Chapter feels that it is 
only through such means and with the closest collaboration of 
fully-equipped planners and technicians that the tremendous 
work of world-wide reconstruction can be carried on without 
waste and errors. 

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS (of the CIAM): 

"Dwellings for the Lowest Income Classes" — material 
which served as a basis for the Frankfurt congress; 100 plates. 

"Rational Lot Division" -- a series of documents prepared 
for the second congress at Brussels; 100 plates. 

"The Functional City" — plans and analytical reports 
covering 33 cities in different countries and on different 
continents; prepared for the fourth congress at Athens; 90 
plates. 








INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE . 3 - 


TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS (continued): 

"The Resolutions and Declarations of the Fourth Congress" — 
comprising the Athens chart,* 40 plates, with text; prepared by the 
Swiss and Dutch groups. 

"Modern Schools" — a series of photographic documents and 
plans showing the best achievements; accompanied by critical text; 
work of the Swiss group. 

"The Bath and Its Relation to Cultural Development" — history, 
illustrations, plans, critical text; designed by the Swiss group. 

A series of large plates exhibited in the "Pavilion of Modern 
Times" in Paris in 1937. These plates, illustrating town planning 
problems, were designed by the French group of the CIAM under the 
direction of Le Corbusier and P, Jeanneret. 

PUBLICATIONS (of the CIAM): 

Dwellings for Lowest Incomes — Stuttgart; Julius Hoffman; 

1930; second edition, 1933. 

Rationelle Bebaungsweisen (Rational Lot Division) — Stutt¬ 
gart; Julius Hoffman; 1931. 

Logis et Loisirs (Housing and Leisure) -- Paris; Architec¬ 
ture d'Aujourd'hui; 1938 . 

Basic reports, communications, questionnaires, reports of 
committees, fifth congress, Paris, 1937. 

Can Our Cities Survive? — Cambridge; Harvard University 
Press; 1942. An abc of urban problems, their analysis, their 
solutions, based on the proposals formulated by the fourth and 
fifth, congresses of the CIAM; text by Jose Luis Sert, 










































The °T«rall planning organization for Protestant religious education in the 
United States and Canada„ 


203 North Wabash Avenue Telephone: Central 4192 

Chicago 1, Illinois 


Dr 0 Roy G 0 Ross, General Secretary 

^ J RPQSE s To advance religious education in local churches communities 
through cooperation among denominational boards of education and inter¬ 
denominational councils of churches and religious education 0 

QRQ4NIZATI 0N: Organized in 1907 as the International Sunday School Associa¬ 
tion of America, and operating under the name of the International Council 
of Religious Education since 1922, this organization holds one of the 
seven charters ever given by Congress to national bodies<> Originally a 
lay movement, the International Council became a direct representative 
of the churches in America in 1922, with both lay and ecclesiastical rep¬ 
resentation in its official plenary body 0 


The International Council is a voluntary association of forty denominational 
boards of religious education in the United States and Canada, four state 
councils of religious education and twenty°seven state councils of churches 
and religious education 0 In addition, 135 city councils of churches and 
religious education and seven provincial councils of religious education are 
r *^-*^*d agencies o These boards and councils represent approximately ninety 
per cent of the total membership of the Protestant churches in America 0 

Among the officers of the Council ares president, Comdr 0 Harold E 0 Stassen, 
St 0 Paul; acting president, during foreign service of Comdr„ Stassen, James 
L» Kraft, Chicago; vice presidents: Mrs 0 J 0 N„ McEhchern, Atlanta; Congress¬ 
man Ralph W 0 Gwinn, Washington; Rev 0 C„ H„ Dickinson, Toronto; general 
secretary, Dr 0 Roy G 0 Ross, Chicago; treasurer, James L„ Kraft, Chicago; 
chairman of the Council, Dr 0 Aria Ayres Brown, Madison, N 0 J 0 ; chairman of 
Board of Trustees, Dr 0 Luther Wesley Smith, Philadelphia; chairman of Com¬ 
mission on Educational Program, Dr 0 Paul H 0 Vieth, New Haven 0 

OPERATIONS Through its nineteen departments of work, the Council carries 
out the wishes of its constituent members, making overall plans for Protes¬ 
tantism,, Such programs are used in the individual churches of its member 
denominations and interdemoninationally by member state councils working 
together in the cities and towns across America,, The Council 0 s overall 
planning is accepted or modified by each denominational board of education 
and each state council according to its individual needs and policies,, 
Standing committees of the International Council, officially representing 






INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION =2= 

board* of education and state councils*, are responsible for the work of 
the departmentso Such departments as the following indicate the nature of 
the Council°s programs Children 0 s Work; Young People 0 s Work; Adult Work; 
Lesson Studies? Educational Program; Leadership Education; Weekday Religious 
Education; Vacation Religious Education; Visual Education; Social Education; 
Radio Education; Field Administration; Public Relations; Laymen's Crusade 
for Christian Education; and International Journal of Religious Education „ 

Built up over many years by cooperative working together on the part of 
Protestant churches of America are certain nation-wide observances^ sponsored 
by the International Council of Religious Education*, in which millions of 
individual* and tens of thousands of churches celebrate the following 
weeks simultaneously g 

1) Youth Week (Last Sunday in January through first Sunday in 
February*,) 

2) National Family Week (First Sunday in May through the second Sun¬ 
day in May„) 

3) Religious Education Week (Last Sunday in September through the 
first Sunday in October*,) 

With other interdenominational agencies in Protestantism,, the International 
Council in 1943 sought the cooperation of other faiths in the observance 
of National Family Week*, This week has brought about the enlargement of 
the traditional Mother 0 s Day with a religious emphasis on the whole family*, 
Cooperating with Protestant organizations in this celebration of National 
Family Week are Catholic and Jewish organizations*, nationally as well a* 
lecally. 

In 1934 the International Council initiated the United Christian Youth 
Movement which is the cooperative agency for the united youth work of forty 
Protestant denominations^ 173 state*, provincial and community council* of 
churches and religious education, and fourteen national youth serving 
agencies such as the Y 0 M, C„ A„ , X*> W„ C 0 A, s Boy Scouts of America*, Girl 
Scout**, Camp Fire Girls*, Inc os , and the United Society of Christian Endeavor,, 
The United Christian Youth Movement is administered through the International 
Council and has a program of action*, w calling ten million youth of the con¬ 
tinent to consecrated effort in building a new world*>® 

WARTIME OPERATIONS s The International Council was first to see the need 
of a united effort on behalf of all denominations to serve Protestant 
chaplains in the armed forces of the nation 0 With three other national 
agencie»p the Council led the way in setting up the Service Men°s Christian 
League and loaned Its youth director to serve as general secretary of the 
League. This League supplies chaplains with devotional and inspirational 
literature on a monthly basis*, Millions of copies of The Link and The 
Chaplain have been flown to all corners of the globe and thousands of units 
of the League are in operation in every theatre of war„ 





INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION -3“ 

On the home front, the International Council, together with its member agen¬ 
cies p has brought religious teaching to childhood and youth in the new war 
production centers where tens of thousands of families have come for the 
duration of the war 0 It is estimated that more than half a million children, 
heretofore without religious teaching, have been given definite instruction 
during the war years 0 In many cities such instruction is now on a year- 
round basiso 


INTERNA TIONAL ACTIVITIES ? The Council is officially international in that 
it is composed of member agencies in both the United States and Canada 0 
Its affiliate organization, the International Association of Daily Vacation 
Bible Schools,, is also international (United States and Canada) in scope„ 

The Council holds membership in the Liaison Committee on International Edu¬ 
cation, Washington, D 0 C 0 The International Council is likewise the largest 
constituent unit of the World 0 s Sunday School Association, New York, an or¬ 
ganization made up of associations or councils in fifty-five countries of 
the worldo 

MEMBERSHIP s Membership in the Council is entirely voluntary and is open 
only to those denominations and those state councils that are distinctly 
evangelical in character and program. Each member must agree to partici¬ 
pate actively in one or more phases of the Council°s program and must ac¬ 
cept its proportionate share of responsibility for support of the Council"s 
budgeto 


monthly, $l o 50 per year. 


International Council Year Book , and more than fifty other printed 
publications, products of the various age-group and functional standing com¬ 
mittees of the Councilo Monthly service, |l0 o 00 per year 0 





















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The international organization of the national federations of business 
and professional women, 


Hotel Biltmore Telephone Murray Hill 6-3977 

Madison Avenue and 43rd Street 
New York 17 p N. Y 0 


Dr 0 Lena Madesin Phillips* President 

"To advance the interests of business and professional women 
around the worlds to open up new fields of opportunity to them* to 
give them greater scope in both power and service and* through estab¬ 
lishing branches of the organization in many countries,, to foster that 
spirit of mutual understanding which must be the true basis of inter¬ 
national goodwillo M (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION^ The International Federation of Business and Professional 
Women was organized in Geneva in August 1930* at an International Conference 
attended by representatives of 16 countries 0 When the war be&an* the 
Federation had 100*000 members with branches in 27 countries 0 Because of 
large membership gains in Great Britain this figure was substantially 
increased during the war. The president is Dr 0 Lena Madesin Phillips,, 
one of the founders* and past president of the National Federation of" 
Business and Professional Women 0 s Clubs of the United States 0 Vice- 
presidents include Dr. Maria Castellani of Italy * Miss Carolina Haslett 
of Great Britain,, Miss Dorothy Heneker of Montreal and London* Fra 
Alfa Myrdal of Stockholm* Froken Caro Olden of Norway,, Senator Ainaa 
Paradowska-Szelagowska of Poland* Miss Margery L 0 Toulson of New Zealand. 

OPERATIONS? Through correspondence* visits and conferences* many con¬ 
tacts existed before the war among the branches of the Federation. 

The last International Congress was held in Budapest in 193B 0 la pre¬ 
war days the International Federation took the leadership among women°s 
international organizations at both the League of Nations assemblies and the 
International Labor Conference on matters affecting the status of women. 

In 1937 a Three-year Objective was established through which members 
pledged themselves to improve the position of women in their respective 
countries. Working to dispel the fallacy that women are impermanent 
in business* a world-wide inquiry was made of the status of women 
considering the period from the end of World War I to 1939 0 Vice-Presi¬ 
dent Alva Myrdal assembled the material in a report presented at a Board 
Meeting in Trondheim* Norway in 1939« 

During the war Federations in many countries continued to operate with 
groups in occupied countries meeting through underground methods. The 
International has already established eoatact with the French leaders 



INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BO SI NESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN =2= 


and with the newly°constituted Italian Federation,, 

PUBLICATIONS s The Federation has issued three publications since the 
outbreak of the war 0 An interim report of the International President 
brings Federations up=to°date on happenings since meetings were sus¬ 
pended. Blueprints for the 7/or Id of Tomorrow . a compilation of the 
various plans for world reorganization*, was made by Qnma Gelders Stern 
with the assistance of two Federation members? Mrs. E 0 K 0 Lehmann of 
OWI and Miss Marie Ginsberg of the Council of Women for Postwar Europe. 

Answers to the problems posed in the last pamphlet were received from 
business and professional women 0 s clubs all over the world and were 
published under the title*, A Common Denominator in World Thinking . 
Copies of this publication were sent to all the delegates to the San 
Francisco Conference. 









INTERNATIONAL HDUSE 


A center for students from all parts of the world. 

500 Riverside Drive Telephone: Monument 2-8500 

New York 27, N. Y. Cable Address: INKXJSE 

Miss Isabelle McKeith, Director of Public Relations 

HJRPOSE: "Founded to promote international understanding and 
fellowship, it has afforded to foreign students a home away from 
home and an introduction to American ways of living. To Ameri¬ 
cans, International House gives the larger view which comes from 
friendship with students of different national and cultural back¬ 
grounds. " (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The foundation of International House in 1924 was 
the culmination of 15 years' work among foreign students in New 
York City, carried on under the leadership of Harry Edmonds. A 
permanent residential and social center for foreign and American 
students was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. 
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who donated the land, building, and 
equipment of the House, an attractive building situated on 
Riverside Drive overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades. 

It offers residence accommodations for over ^>00 men. and women. 

The affairs of International House are managed by an independent 
board of trustees to which the director is immediately responsi¬ 
ble. The present director is Mrs. John L. Mott, and Miss 
Isabelle McKeith is director of public relations. 

The success of the experiment in New York led to the building of 
the International House in Berkeley, California, in 1930, and to 
the erection of the Chicago House two years later. A fourth 
House was completed in 193& at the Cite Universitaire in Paris. 
All these houses have been the gifts of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 

An extensive educational and social program is carried on in the 
House itself. This includes: (l) language classes; (2) dis¬ 
cussion groups in international and inter-American problems; ( 3 ) 
musical appreciation courses; (4) musicales; ( 5 ) folk dancing; 

( 6 ) hiking and excursions to visit artistic and historical monu¬ 
ments; ( 7 ) sports—tennis, badminton, etc.; (g) social programs— 
tea 6 , dances, etc. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : International House deliberately avoids 
special emphasis on any single country or region. Fifty-eight 
countries are now represented in its resident membership. At 






INTERNATIONAL HOUSE -2- 


present, alumni groups of International House are meeting in 
Chili, Haiti, Canada, Denmark, Panama, China, India, Cairo, and 
several cities in the United States, and others may he expected 
to hold meetings as channels of communications return to normal. 

MEMBERSHIP: The privileges of International House are open to 
men and women students registered in the colleges, universities 
and professional schools of Greater New York. Students may be¬ 
come associated with the House either as resident or nonresident 
members, but in all cases they must have definite qualifications, 
and their applications must be approved by the committee on ad¬ 
missions. Members are accepted without consideration of race or 
creed but, in general, must be graduate students or older stu¬ 
dents in special fields. 


PUBLICATIONS : International Quart,erlv - published for alumni 
and student members. 








INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION SERVICE 

American Branch 


\ 


An intercountry consultation service for personal and family prob¬ 
lems; a voluntary, international case work agency. 


122 East 22nd Street 
New York 3, N. Y. 


Telephone: Gramercy 5-6880 
Cable Address: MIGRANTO 


Miss Ruth Larned, Associate International Director 
Miss Elizabeth W. Clark, Associate American Director 


PURPOSE: To render social service, through cooperative effort, to 
individuals whose problems have arisen as a consequence of migration, 
and the solution of which involves action in more than one country. 

ORGANIZATION: The Service was established in 1924, after having 
operated tentatively in France, the USA and some other points since 
1921. Incorporated as a membership organization, it was at first 
supported by foundations, of which it later became independent. 

Its fluids now are derived (a) from private contributions of members 
and others who believe in this method of international coopera¬ 
tion, and (b) by subsidies from the various governments with 
which the Service works. These subsidies are offered without pre¬ 
judice to the entire freedom of action of the Service. 

International headquarters of the IMS are at Geneva, Switzerland. 

In 1939 the organization had offices in France, Switzerland, 
Czechoslovakia, Greece, Poland and the USA. Its office in Germany, 
formally dropped from the international organization in 1936, con¬ 
tinued jto cooperate on a limited basis with certain European 
br&iich yfe» 

A 

The American Branch operates under the guidance of officers and a 
paid professional staff of social workers. 

The American Branch works closely with the State Department and the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service. Working relationships and 
an interchange of services have developed between the organization 
and the American Red Cross, American Friends Service Committee, 
American Committee for Christian Refugees, Jewish Joint Distribution 
Committee and other similar important agencies. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : "For transplanted individuals who apply 
for social service, the IMS acts as intermediary between the social 
worker aiding them in the new country and the one in the country 
from which they came and in which they still have ties. The 
results of this service provide a basis for the establishment of 






INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION SERVICE -2- 


proper scientific procedures to be used in the solution of inter¬ 
national problems growing out of the conditions and consequences 
of migration in their effect on individual, family and social 
life. Through its specialized knowledge, it seeks to illuminate 
for social workers in each country the 'invisible background' and 
to integrate the planning where distance, differences in cultural 
setting and concepts, or legal and technical controls contribute 
to insecurity, separation, or breakdown in family life, 

"From time to time, the IMS makes studies of use to governments 
and international bodies. One is being made in refugee camps 
in Switzerland and at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, with a 
view to identifying procedures which may be used in the repatria¬ 
tion, emigration or resettlement by the Intergovernmental Com¬ 
mittee on Refugees and others.” (Official statement) 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : "The IMS also serves as consultant on situa¬ 
tions which may not require international case work but which are 
affected by immigration or other laws and regulations controlling 
aliens. An irregular status under the immigration law, the 
frustrating and other psychological effects of being an alien or 
enemy alien frequently call for expert advice . . .”, advice 
available from the highly-trained personnel of the Service. 

"The IMS is on the alert for every change in the world situation 
and in wartime controls which will make it possible to act at^ 
the earliest possible moment on individual cases.” (Official 
statement) 

The organization hopes to reconstruct agencies in the several 
countries where its branches existed before the war and to re¬ 
establish contact with the other organizations throughout the 
world which have served as correspondents for many years. In 
rebuilding its national branches, in order to help meet the 
complex and enormous migration problems of the postwar period, 
it would make use, as in the past, of nationals of these countries 
as they are liberated. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

One-page flyer which briefs the functions and procedures 
of the IMS. 

Elaborate four-page letterhead which describes on pages 2 
and 3 the organization and the principles underlying its opera¬ 
tion and lists on page 4 the top officers of the IMS and its 
American Branch. 








INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ADMINISTRATION. INC . 


A non-profit, service-type institution carrying out practical, tech¬ 
nical and professional training programs in the United States for 
nationals of other countries. 

734 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Telephone: Republic 2000 

Washington 5, D. C. Cable Address: INTAD 

Elliott S. Hanson, President 

George N. Butler, Vice President 

Benjamin A. Theeman, Secretary and Treasurer 

PURPOSE : To foster and assist international programs of practical, 
technical and professional training conducted in the United States 
by either foreign or domestic organizations: governments, private 
enterprise, foundations and others. 

ORGANIZATION : In 1941 the Inter-American Trade Scholarship was 
initiated by Nelson A. Rockefeller, then Coordinator of Inter- 
American Affairs and now Assistant Secretary of State, as a govern¬ 
ment-industry sponsored training program to provide on-the-job prac¬ 
tical training for men from the 20 other American republics. The 
Trade Scholarship program became the Inter-American Training Ad¬ 
ministration, utilized by government agencies and domestic com¬ 
panies in the United States and by the governments and companies of 
the other countries in the conduct of their training programs. 

The project was so successful that in 1944 it was established as 
the International Training Administration, Inc. to operate on a 
world wide basis as a self-sustaining non-governmental institution. 

The National Foreign Trade Council participated, at the suggestion 
of the Coordinator, in the conversion of the ITA to a private or¬ 
ganization operating on a fee basis. A survey was made by Mr. James 
S. Carson, chairman of the Council's Education Committee. The 
reaction of the great majority of business organizations canvassed 
was found to be favorable, and as a result, the National Foreign 
Trade Council formally endorsed the program. Elliott S. Hanson, 
formerly with the U.S. Steel Corporation, is President of the ITA. 
The Board of Directors which comprises leading business men, labor 
leaders and government officials is as follows: Clark H. Minor, 
Chairman; William L. Batt; William A. M. Burden; James B. Cary; 

James S. Carson; Elliott S. Hansen; Harrison Jones; Julius G. Luhr- 
sen; Robert J. Lynch; John C. McClintock; Charles P. McCormick; 
Joseph C. Rovensky; Robert J. Watt. 

OPERATIONS ; ITA is essentially a service-type institution. It 
neither finances programs nor does it provide the actual training. 

It assists in the planning of the project through a consultative 
and advisory service, drawing upon the facilities of numerous 






INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ADMINISTRATION. INC . -2- 


other organizations. It has developed standardized procedures to 
simplify the program's operation. 

Selection of qualified applicants abroad is expedited through 
Training Administration Selection Committees which have functioned 
continuously in each of the American republics since 1941. They 
are usually composed of three members: an American business man 
resident in the country, and two others who are nationals of the 
country — at least one person possessing a technical background. 
Candidates are carefully selected on the basis of character, edu¬ 
cational qualifications and medical fitness. 

To date the International Training Administration has not brought 
any trainees from the liberated countries, though it is being con¬ 
templated. Inquiries have been received from India, Norway, Sweden, 
Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands and- other countries. Thus 
far the trainees have come from Latin America, China, and Turkey. 

OTM outposts can advise interested persons to reach ITA headquarters 
through the embassies or legations of their governments in the United 
States. Selection committees will eventually be formed in other 
parts of the world. 

The prompt determination of suitable opportunities for training and 
experience is effected through sustained contact with industry, 
agriculture, commerce, and government departments. The Inter¬ 
national Training Administration also functions as a placement and 
administrative bureau for various government agencies. 

A planned period of orientation is arranged to assist in adjustment 
to the conditions of on-the-job training. This includes a general 
and technical orientation as well as language instruction where 
necessary, using appropriate governmental and private agencies. 

The Administration has an experienced staff proficient in several 
languages to aid the trainees. The progress of the individual is 
recorded, utilizing field representatives to maintain contacts at 
the points of training. The ITA contemplates including women 
trainees at some future date. 



THE IRANIAN INSTITUTE AND SCHOOL FOR ASIATIC STUDIES 


An independent American organization to further, through re¬ 
search and education, a knowledge of Iranian and interrelated 
cultures of Asia. 

9 East 89th Street Telephone: Atwater 9-0078-9 

New York 28, N. Y. 

Arthur Upham Pope, Director 

PURPOSE : To carry on scholarly research and education in the 
field of Iranian and interrelated Asiatic cultures; to make 
available to the general public, professional scholar and prac¬ 
ticing artist — through publications, lectures, exhibitions 
and its School for Asiatic Studies — the results of its in¬ 
vestigations; to lay special emphasis on the interrelations be¬ 
tween the various national and regional cultures. 

ORGANIZATION: Although the Institute was established in 1930, 
at the onset of the depression decade, it has grown consistently 
despite the disruption of a world war. It was founded by Arthur 
Upham Pope, "in the conviction that Iran has played a fundamental 
role in the history of culture; that for more than 5,000 years 
Iran has been a creative force in human history, and that the 
study and full appropriation of its contribution, too long neg¬ 
lected, has now became one of the major intellectual tasks of 
our time•" 

The School for Iranian Studies, founded in 1938 and in 1942 ex¬ 
panded into a School for Asiatic Studies, was organized to pro¬ 
vide training and equipment for those undertaking every kind of 
professional work in Oriental fields, for it soon became obvious 
that it was not possible to confine such studies to Iran, because 
Iran, the oldest of the Asiatic cultures, had made vital contri¬ 
butions to the initiation of civilization in nearly every other 
region of Asia, and in turn was continuously indebted to these 
other cultures. The increasingly urgent demand in America for an 
adequate training school for leaders in all aspects of Asiatic 
culture and current problems required the expansion of the In¬ 
stitute's activities to include the entire continent. 

The School has an eminent faculty of 12, with a supplementary 
panel of 12 more available on call, commanding among them nearly 
50 languages and covering practically every aspect of Asiatic 
culture. Ample facilities are provided for the preparation of 





THE IRANIAN INSTITUTE AND SCHOOL FOR ASIATIC STUDIES -2- 


university teachers, research scholars, museum curators, archaeologists 
and other field investigators, artists, architects, designers, crit¬ 
ics, and the general public. Training for a further group has been 
required by the -war and post-war necessities: government officials, 
administrators, philanthropists, engineers, financiers, economists, 
exporters and importers, and all those interested in developmental 
work in Asia. At present 115 students are registered in the School. 

The Institute and its School occupy a large house in New York City. 

The building, -which houses the offices, classrooms and a small museum 
of about 500 objects (largely loans from members) with a value of 
about a million dollars, is beautifully furnished with Oriental rugs 
and numerous examples of Oriental pottery, paintings, textiles and 
manuscripts. 

The Institute operates under the guidance of officers (headed by 
Stephen Duggan, president, and Mr. Pope), a board of directors (in¬ 
cluding such prominent persons as Robert Woods Bliss, Sumner Welles, 
Myron C. Taylor and Mrs. Otto Kahn), an advisory council, a foreign 
advisory council, and the research and teaching staff. 

The Institute is financed through memberships of various kinds, stu¬ 
dent fees, several contributing foundations, and individual contribu¬ 
tions. 

In addition to the School for Asiatic Studies, the Institute sponsors 
field investigations in archaeology, surveys of architecture, arts 
and crafts; has established and is constantly augmenting an unusual 
series of archives, which include a documentary survey, iconographic 
index, architectural index, analytical corpus of drawings, seal im¬ 
pressions, coins, a large photographic collection, a library and 
gallery exhibitions; maintains publications, and holds public lec¬ 
tures and an annual dinner which has become a feature of the cultural 
life of New York, presenting every year distinguished speakers who 
announce the latest work in the field of Asiatic culture. The In¬ 
stitute also arranges special gallery exhibitions stressing his¬ 
torical significance. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Throughout its career, the Institute has 
had extensive international connections. It has members in the princi¬ 
pal foreign countries. Its founders initiated and directed the First 
International Exhibition and the concurrent International Congress of 
Persian Art in Philadelphia in 1926, the Second in London in 1931, and 
took a responsible part in the Exhibition and Congress in Leningrad in 
1935. The Exhibition in New York in 1940 was entirely the work of the 
Institute. It has organized and directed about 150 exhibitions in 11 
countries, of -which more than 50 were held for American museums, uni¬ 
versities and art associations. 




THE IRANIAN INSTITUTE AND SCHOOL FOR ASIATIC STUDIES 


-3- 


The Institute offers a number of fellowships and tuition scholar¬ 
ships, all of which are open to foreign students. 

The Institute has organized, financed and directed three archaeo¬ 
logical expeditions and participated in a fourth, and has or¬ 
ganized 14 expeditions for the survey of Iranian architecture in 
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and related regions. These expeditions 
discovered scores of important unknown monuments, produced 
hundreds of plans and measured drawings and brought back nearly 
8,000 photographic negatives of important monuments and objects. 
One member of the expeditionary staff is still working in Iran. 

Throughout its career, the Institute has had the closest co¬ 
operation with Iran, where it has received many special priv¬ 
ileges. It has also enjoyed helpful collaboration with Russia. 

It cooperated on the International Congress of Persian Art 
held in Leningrad and has exchanged scholarly articles for 
publication in bulletins. This interchange is to be resumed 
as soon as possible. The Institute has tentative plans with 
the Russian Academy of Architecture for cooperative archaeological 
work in the Russian Middle East and in Iran. 

The Institute has made preliminary plans looking to a survey 
of Chinese architecture. 

V 

The American organization has collaborated and is now working 
with Indian scholars on a study and survey of Indian economic 
problems covering the historical aspects and a discussion of 
future Asiatic economic problems. The Institute is conducting 
a seminar on this subject, and two brief volumes dealing es¬ 
pecially with Indian economic problems and population move¬ 
ments will be issued shortly. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Institute has cooperated during the 
war with various government agencies; it has helped in the 
training of OWI field representatives, and has worked with the 
Office of Strategic Services and with the State Department. 

Various officials have come to the School for Asiatic Studies 
for special training. The Institute has worked with the 
United States Army in preparing phrase books for the troops. 

A number of Institute officers have made important contribu¬ 
tions personally to the war effort, through writing and teach¬ 
ing. 


MEMBERSHIP : Professional or Student $ 5.00 

Institutional 10,00 

Annual 15.00 

Contributing 25.00 

Sustaining 100.00 





THE IRANIAN INSTITUTE AND SCHOOL FOR ASIATIC STUDIES -4- 


MEMBERSHIPS (continued) 


Life 

Benefactor 

Patron 


$ 500.00 


1,000.00 

5,000.00 


Contributions to the Institute are deductible from income tax, and a 
list of 15 privileges — including publications, book discounts, ac¬ 
cess to Institute facilities, admittance to special lectures and ex¬ 
hibitions, and the like — accrue to members of the organization. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Institute has published the Survey of Persia n Art (7 
volumes, Oxford University Press, 1938), already acknowledged 
"an epoch-making work, indisputably the greatest single book, yet 
produced in the history of culture.” It represents the cooperative 
and closely organized effort of 72 scholars, and is magnificently 
illustrated and printed. 

The Institute has a far-reaching plan for further publications in 
the field: texts, source books, monographs, treatises, general 
handbooks, all addressed to scholars, artists and the general pub¬ 
lic. Many of these works are well advanced. A two-volume History 
of Asiatic Textiles , and a single volume. Masterpieces of Pe'rsian 
Art , richly illustrated, as well as The Aesthetics of Persian 
Painting , a volume on modern Persia, "five on current economic prob¬ 
lems of Asia, are all nearly ready for the press. 

Its Bulletin is known as one of the most useful publications in the 
field of Asiatic art. A special reprint series is published by the 
Institute and. distributed to its members. 












JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC 


130 Claremont Avenue Telephone: Monument 2-^302 

New York, N. Y. 

Oscar Wagner, Dean of Graduate School 

FUEPOSE: The Juilliard Foundation was established in March, 1920, 
through the legacy of Augustus D. Juilliard, merchant, capitalist, 
and patron of music, which designated that the income he spent for 
the furtherance of music in America. The Juilliard School of 
Music was founded to carry out the terms of the bequest. 

ORGANIZATION : The Juilliard Graduate School was organized in 1924 
to provide free instruction in music for unusually gifted students 
who are qualified for work under the world's great artists. Ad¬ 
mission is through competitive examinations before the faculty. 
Qualified citizens from North or South America may apply. There 
have been about ten South American students in the Graduate School. 
The success of the efforts of the Juilliard Graduate School may be 
measured to some extent by the fact that ten of its graduates are 
singing leading roles in the Metropolitan Opera; scores of its 
graduates are members of the leading symphonic orchestras in Ameri¬ 
ca; a large number are active in the concert and radio field 
(William Fappell, Eugene List, Rise Stevens, Sascha Gorodnitzki, 
etc.) and perhaps the greatest number are active teachers in 
colleges, schools and private studios. The number of students 
holding fellowships in the graduate school at one time is limited 
to 150. Among the world-renowned members of the faculty are: 

Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, Ernest Hutcheson, Felix Salmond, Louis 
Persinger, Carl Friedberg, and Albert Spalding. 

In 1926, the Juilliard Foundation took over the Institute of Musi¬ 
cal Art, founded in I 8 O 5 by Frank Damrosch and James Loeb, and by 
allying it with the Juilliard Graduate School formed the Juilliard 
School of Music. The chief reason for adding the Institute to the 
Graduate School was to formulate a complete educational system in 
music from primary classes to the most advanced. Students may 
enter the Institute of Musical Art, now the undergraduate section 
of the Juilliard School of Music, on payment of tuition and the 
passing of certain tests. The Institute makes many scholarships 
available each year. Courses leading to the Diploma and the Post- 
Graduate Diploma are given, and the degree of Bachelor of Science 
with a major in music, and Master of Science are conferred on 
those who complete the necessary courses. There are no citizen¬ 
ship restrictions in the Institute. At present there are approxi¬ 
mately 1,400 students enrolled. 







JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC -2- 


The Juilliard Sommer School was organized in the summer of 1932. 

It is open on payment of tuition to music students of all degrees 
of advancement, although the greater number of the students are 
teachers whose professional work in the winter prevents them from 
studying intensively during those months. 

The Opera School is one of the functions of the Juilliard Graduate 
School. Each year several operas are studied and usually three 
are given public performances. Since its establishment in 1931 
the Opera School has produced 39 operas, seven of which were first 
performances in America, and six were world-premieres of operas by 
contemporary American composers. 

The library of the School contains a comprehensive reference and 
circulating collection of musical literature and soores as well 
as a library of books for use in academic courses — more than 
11,000 books and scores; 20,000 vocal scores; and over 5000 re¬ 
cordings. 

Each year the School holds a competition for the publication of a 
major orchestral work by an American composer. The School pays for 
the publishing and the composer receives all income that may be 
derived from the composition. At the present date (l9^)» 22 
orchestral works have been published in this way and many of the 
scores have been sent upon request to England, Russia, France and 
South America. 

Among the distinguished Europeans who have been official guests or 
made guest appearances at the School are Erich Kleiber, Arnold 
Schoenberg, Nadia Boulanger, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Rachmaninoff, 
Leopold Stokowski, Wilfred Pelletier. In 1929, in an exchange with 
Germany of two students from each country, the Juilliard School 
sent Charles Kullman and Suzanne Fisher to Berlin. Both were en¬ 
gaged that same year to sing at the Staatsoper in Berlin. The 
Australian Government is working out arrangements by which two 
Australian students will be sent to the Graduate School for study. 



rOWN MEETING LEAGUE 


An organization to foster discussion of current affairs among youth 
in the United States and Canada 0 


400 South Front Street Telephones Adams 6116 

Columbus 15, Ohio 


Co Wo Pettegrew, National Moderator 


PUlffOSE s w l) To promote the cause of free discussion 0 

2) To encourage cooperation with the activities of the League 
by all organizations and individuals interested in education, democracy, 
and good citizenship 0 

3) To propose and define questions which may be used in Junior 
Town Meeting discussion 0 

4) To conduct demonstrations, conferences, and training pro¬ 


grams u 

5) To establish suitable recognition for pupils who are well 
informed about current affairs in order to awaken better understanding of 
local, national, and world problems 0 ” (Official Statement) 


ORGANIZATION : The Junior Town Meeting League was formed on February 5, 1944, 
as a result of the interest shown in the annual Institute for Education 
by Radio which is sponsored annually by Ohio State University 0 

The League operates under the guidance of§ (l) its board of trustees, which 
includes people in the fields of radio and education! (2) its three officers, 
Allen Y 0 King, directing supervisor of social studies for the Cleveland, 

Ohio, Public Schools, President! Df 0 Linwood Chase, professor of education, 
Boston University, vice-president! Byron B 0 'Williams, New York City, 
secretary-treasurer, and C Q W Q Pettegrew, a member of the staff of the 
American Education Press, Inc 0 , who serves as National Moderator! (3) and 
its council, which is composed of individuals representing the National 
Council for the Social Studies, National Association of Teachers of Speech, 
American Education Fellowship, National Association of Broadcasters, 

Foreign Policy Association, Federal Radio Education Committee, Association 
for Education by Radio, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 
National Council of the Young Men 3 s Christian Association, National Coun¬ 
cil of Teachers of English, and National Catholic "Welfare Conference, as 
well as individuals elected from the membership of the League,, 


OPERATIONS : The League was organized to establish cooperation and an ex¬ 
change of ideas among educators interested in the use of discussion tech¬ 
niques by youth both in schools and in out-of-school groups 0 It aids 
and encourages the actual use of the techniques of forum discussion by 
youth in their classes (history, geography, economics, sociology, civics 
and contemporary problems, E ngl ish, and speech), in their school assemblies, 





THE JUNIOR TON MEETING LEAGUE -2' 


and in their nonschool organizations 0 

The League serves as a clearing house of information and ideas for radio 
and educational groups championing the Junior Town Meeting idea; making 
available three types of services r publications; demonstrations, advisory 
services, and a training program; and a national conference,. 

The organization offers high schools the services of an experienced mode- 
rator and discussion leader to conduct demonstration discussions in high 
school assemblies,. This service is available to schools which are not 
members of the League as well as to members, without charge,. The demon- 
stration service is also available in connection with professional edu- 
cational meetings, and, in limited form* to youth groups 0 The free advi¬ 
sory service is made available by mail and personal visit of the moderator 
to schools, school systems, youth groups and radio stations which wish to 
set up forum discussions,, Tha>League will, within the limits of its 
resources, assist any national, state, or local educational organization 
in the training of discussion leaders, forum chairmen, or moderators for 
discussions in school or with other youth groups„ 

The National conference on youth discussion techniques is conducted annual¬ 
ly in cooperation with the Institute for Education by Radio sponsored by 
Ohio State University,, 

Junior Town Meeting League discussions are now going on by radio in 17 
cities in the United States,, Some of them are sponsored and others are 
sustaining public service programs,, OWI has plattered the best of the 
scripts for rebroadcast abroad,, 


MEMBERSHIP g To further its objective of establishing cooperation and an 
exchange of ideas among educators interested in the use of discussion 
techniques by youth, the League has opened its membership to anyone in 
educational work„ It likes to enlist schools, groups within schools, youth 
forums, and other interested organizations, rather than individuals acting 
for themselves. The following, as representatives of groups, are invited 
to memberships superintendents of schools, school principals; directors 
of education; teachers of history, civics, social studies, geography, 
sociology, contemporary affairs, English and speech 0 There are no dues 
and no fees 0 


The League has members in England, Hawaii, and Canada 0 

PUBLICATIONS s Civic Training —a weekly bulletin for League members, f ea= 
tures the League 5 s own "topic of the week 8 ' in outline form ready for use 
by discussion groups & 

Make louth Discussion Conscious § —a handbook sent to all 
members of the League as their membership applications are approved and 
membership cards are issued,, It explains various adaptations of famous 
radio forum discussions for school and class use, and tells how to prepare 
for effective, successful discussions in school and non-school youth groups.. 





LABOR LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 

The United Nations Relief Arm of the American Federation of Labor 0 

10 East 46 th Street Telephone: Lexington 2=4540 

New York 16, N 0 I, 

Abraham Bluestein, Executive Director 

PURPOSE S To serve as the official relief arm of the American 
Federation of Labor, and as a '’medium of expression for the Federa¬ 
tion f s uncomprising hostility to all forms of tyranny, perse¬ 
cution, and aggression, w 

ORGANIZATION : The League was formed in 1938 by the American Federa 
tion of Labor as a result of the menace to human rights implicit 
in totalitarian!sin. It now has sixteen regional offices and more 
than 500 local committees ,in the United States, 

Before the entry of the United States into the war, it carried on 
a campaign of education through meetings, radio broadcasts, forums 
and the printed word, warning against fifth-column groups and acti¬ 
vities! analyzing fifth-column propaganda and combating attempts 
to divide the American people on racial, religious and class 
grounds 0 

The League receives support from its parent body, the American 
Federation of Labor, but the expense of its participation in fund¬ 
raising is met by the Red Cross and the National War Fund 0 

Its chief officers are: William Green, honorary president; George 
Meany, honorary secretary; Matthew Woll, president; Jeremiah T 0 
Mahoney, treasurer; Abraham Bluestein, executive director, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The League is seeking to raise a minimum 
of $1,000,000 in order to rebuild and strengthen the free trade 
unions of Europe, Asia and South America, 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The present activities of the League are 
chiefly concerned with relief problems, both domestic and foreign, 
occasioned or heightened by the war. By agreements with the Com¬ 
munity Chests and Councils, Inc,, the Red Cross, and the National 
War Fund, it undertakes to eliminate the confusion and duplica¬ 
tion of separate appeals to organized labor for war reliefo It 
helps mobilize the interest and support of labor, assures labor's 
representation in the making up of campaign budgets, direction of 
campaigns, and allocation of funds received, and secures accurate 
records of contributions by AFL unions and members. 







LABOR LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS =2- 


The League also lends it support to war=bond drives, civilian 
defense activities, blood~donor services and the United Service 
Organizationso It is now instituting a number of referral centers 
for discharged service men. 

MEMBERSHIP : The membership is that of the American Federation of 
Labor, approximately 7,000,000„ 

PUBLICATIONS ? 

Labor League News c, monthly<, 

Pamphlets and weekly news releases„ 







LEAGUE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY, INC. 


A nonprofit, educational organization committed to a program of educa¬ 
tion in behalf of increasing democracy in our economic, political and 
cultural life. 

112 East 19th Street Telephone: Algonquin 4-58b5 
New York 3, N. Y. 


Harry W. Laidler, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: "To encourage every movement in the fields of labor, of coop¬ 
eration, of democratic public control and ownership, of social legisla¬ 
tion, of civil liberties, of education, and of international organiza¬ 
tion which aims at the preservation and the strengthening of the 
democratic way of life." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Intercollegiate Socialist Society, predecessor of 
the League for Industrial Democracy, was organized at a meeting held on 
the top floor of Peck's Restaurant, 140 Fulton Street, New York City, 
on the afternoon of September 12, 1905. Jack London was elected the 
first president. Among others active in the founding were Upton Sinclair 
J. S. Phelps Stokes, Owen R. Lovejoy and Clarence Darrow. To spread 
more light on Socialism and the labor movement was the primary aim of 
the ISS. 

In 1921, the ISS was reorganized as the League for Industrial Democracy, 
and placed on a somewhat broader basis than the ISS. While strengthen¬ 
ing its work in the colleges, it directed increasing attention to the 
general public and, while educating for a far-flung system based on pro¬ 
duction for use, devoted much of its thought and energy to the immediate 
problems before the labor movement on the economic, the cooperative, the 
political and the cultural fronts. Robert Morss Lovett became the 
League's first president and Charles P. Steinmetz, America's electrical 
wizard, its vice-president. 

Present officers include: president, Mark Starr, educational director 
of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; treasurer, Herbert 
W. Payne, vice-president of the Textile Workers of America; honorary 
president, Dr. John Dewey, philosopher and educator; chairman of the 
board, Alfred Baker Lewis, president of the Trade Union Accident and 
Health Association of America; secretary, Dr. Harry W. Laidler, author 
and economist. 

Among it8 activities the League organizes special research on various 
problems of labor and of economic, political and social control. Each 
year the League adds to its extensive list of popular pamphlets mono¬ 
graphs on vital contemporary problems. 

The League holds frequent conferences of national importance, addressed 
by men and women of distinction in the professional, labor, industrial 
and political life of the country. It organizes frequent lecture trips 





LEAGUE FOR INDUSTRIAL 'DEMOCRACY, INC. -2- 


for well-known men and women in the colleges and before important city 
groups. In New York and other cities, the League arranges numerous 
radio broadcasts as a continuous service and in connection with LID con¬ 
ferences, dinners and other meetings. 

It organizes city and college branches, which conduct many types of edu¬ 
cational activity. The largest city chapter is that of New York. 

The League also acts as an information center on problems of industrial 
democracy, conducts, in normal years, a Summer School for students, 
cooperates with important social groups concerned with democratic prog¬ 
ress. 

The LID is financed by the dues of its membership, which numbers about 
2000, by voluntary contributions and by the sale of its publications. 

MEMBERSHIP: Membership is open to all in sympathy with the aims of the 
League. Members receive, free of charge, the League's pamphlets, 
quarterly Bulletins and announcements of important meetings and confer¬ 
ences. 

Active members, $3 a year 
Contributing members, $5 to $10 a year 
Sustaining members, $10 to $100 a year 
Life members, $100 and more 

PUBLICATIONS? Some pamphlets of the LID: 


Public Debt and Taxation in the Postwar World - William Withers $.15 
Postwar Planning for Peace and Full Employment - Walter Nash, 

Thurman Arnold and others .25 
British Labor on Reconstruction in War and Peace .15 
The Role of the Races in Our Future Civilization - Pearl S. Buck, 

Lin Yutang and 35 others (ll2 pp.) .50 
The Consumer Cooperative Movement - Harry W. Laidler and Wallace 

J*. Campbell .15 
Waste and the Machine Age - Stuart Chase .15 
Intelligent Consumer's Guide to Hospital and Medical Plans - 

Harold Maslow .15 
Workers' Education Today - Mark Starr .15 
Thirty-five Years of Educational Pioneering - John Dewey, 

Jonathan Daniels and others .10 
The Federal Government and Functional Democracy - Harry W. Laidler .10 
The Middle Class and Organized Labor - Robert Morse Lovett .10 
M onopoly and Big Business - Irving Lipkowltz .20 
Immigration and Natlonai"l*felfare - Felix S. Cohen .15 
Russia - Democracy or Dictatorship ? - Norman Thomas and 

Joel Seidman .25 
Labor, Machines and Depressions - Alfred Baker Lewis .10 
Health, Security for the Nation - John Kingsbury .15 
Anti-Lahor Activities in the U.S . - David Saposs, et al. .15 
Toward a Parmer-Labor Party - Harry W. Laidler .15 
Democracy vs. Dictatorship - No man Thomas .15 
Rich Land, Poor Land - Stuart Chase .15 

























LEAGUE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY, INC. -3- 


PUBLICATIQNS: (continued) 


The Office Worker - Orlie Pell .10 
Railroads vs. PuElic Interest - Irving Lipkowitz .10 
European Trade Unionism and Politics - Dr. Fraz Neumann, 

preface hy Harold J. Laski .15 
America*s Struggle for Electric Power - John Bauer .10 






























































LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS 


A group of composers and laymen "devoted to the intensive promotion 
of contemporary music." 

New York City Center Telephone: Columbus 5-7217 

130 West 56th Street Cable Address: COMPOIEGUE 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Mrs. Arthur M. Reis, Chairman of the Executive Board 

Minna Lederman, Editor of Modem Music 

PURPOSE : The League of Composers was organized in 1923 with the 
purpose of promoting the work of contemporary composers, acting as 
a national and international organization which presents to the 
public all phases of modern music, serving as a cultural and edu¬ 
cational guide to the understanding and appreciation of new compo¬ 
sitions, as well as being a source from which talented young 
composers could receive stimulation and assistance in producing 
their music. 

ORGANIZATION : The League is managed by an Executive Board of which 
Mrs. Arthur M. Reis is the Chairman and Pierson Underwood, the 
Treasurer. There is an auxiliary board which from time to time acts 
as an advisory and money-raising body. Mrs. Myron C. Taylor is 
the Chairman and Mrs. Otto Kahn and the Countess Mercati are vice- 
chairmen. An associate board has taken over summer concerts in the 
Central Park Mall and in Brooklyn for the past two seasons. 

To composers the League offers recognition and stimulation of talent, 
commissions for new works, sponsorship of first performances, the 
introduction of young composers to appreciative audiences, and the 
necessary contacts for the production of composition. Over 900 works 
of living composers have been presented by the League, including 
American premieres of works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bloch, Bartok, 
Malipiero, Gruenberg, Jacobi, Hindemith, Whithome, Copland, etc; 
premieres of operas and ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House, of 
Stravinsky’s Les Noces . Sacre du Prlntemns . Oedipus Rex . Schoenberg's 
Gluecklieke Hand . Prokofieff's Pas d'Acler conducted by Stokowski 
and Shostakovich's opera Ladv Macbeth of Mzensk . conducted by 
Rodzinski, etc; premieres of chamber operas and ballets such as De 
Falla's El Retablo . Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat . Moore's The Devil 
and Daniel Webster ; the dramatic premiere of Schoenberg's Pierrot 
Lunaire ; first public hearings of works by Americans: Copland, Harris, 
Blitzstein, Morris, Piston, Sessions and others. 

One of the most important activities of the League has been carried 
out by its well known publication, the quarterly magazine, Modern Music . 
It was widely circulated abroad before the war. At present it is 
being supplied to England, Russia, France, and its distribution to 
all European countries is rapidly being resumed. The leading European 
broadcasting stations as well as the Canadian and Australian Centers 



















LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS -2- 


have complete files of 20 years back issues of Modern Music on hand. 
Modern Music has had extensive correspondence from Europe and 
European critics and composers have contributed articles for most 
if not all its issues. OWI has been using its communication facili¬ 
ties to obtain articles by and on European musicians and music 
during the war and since the liberation of certain countries. Artic¬ 
les from Belgium, Prance and Switzerland one from the Austrian 
underground, thus obtained, have already been published by the magazine 

The League has also commissioned new works by more than 70 American 
composers with premieres by the leading orchestras all over the United 
States; has furthered cultural relations with foreign countries by 
presenting their eminent composers to American audiences; recorded 
selected modern works for public distribution; sponsored coast-to- 
coast broadcasts of contemporary music over leading stations and com¬ 
missioned new works for radio; inaugurated The Composers Theatre (194?) 
which presents chamber opera in English in cooperation with universi¬ 
ties and music schools and has commissioned new works by dramatists 
and composers for the Theatre. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Until the outbreak of war the League was 
in contact with branches of Societies for Contemporary Music in Europe. 
The League’s reputation abroad has been established through its 
premieres of compositions by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and others. Mem¬ 
bers of its Composers Committee include such men as Martinu, Krenek, 
Schoenberg, Fitelberg, Rietti, Toch, Weill, etc. When outstanding 
composers from abroad come to the United States the League tries to 
"launch" them here by giving receptions in their honor and programs of 
their music. Among those so honored have been Bliss, Hindemith, 

Chavez, Milhaud, Castro, Mignone, Enesco, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, 
Roussel, Schmitt, Honneger, Prokofieff, Weill, Krenek, Bartok. In 
January, 1945, a reception was held for the Brazilian composer, Villa- 
Lobos. 

The league sponsored a South American tour by a woodwind quintet and 
has given All-Canadian and All-Latin American programs. 

The League would like to have brought to its attention the names of 
European composers in need, caused by war conditions, in order to 
try to help these men by arranging performances of their work in this 
country. 

MEMBERSHIP: Membership is open to composers and laymen uoon payment 
of membership fees, $8 and $15.00 for regular members, $25 for 
associate members and $100 for auxiliary members. Membership on the 
composers committee is honorary, each member being invited by the 
executive board. These memberships include season tickets for concerts 
and receptions and a subscription to Modern Music . 

EmiWIONS: Modem Music, quarterly of critical opinion and news, $2 
per year. 










THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 


A non-partisan organization working to encourape citizen partici¬ 
pation in government. 

726 Jackson Place, N. W. Telephone: National 3684 

Washington 6, D. C. 

Miss Anna Lord Strauss, President 

PURPOSE : "To help make democracy in the United States a success 
and world peace a possibility} to help the individual citizen play 
the vital role which democracy demands; to let the people know, 
make the people care, and help the people act, so that a majority 
of the whole people, taking an intelligent interest in their 
government, can make democracy fulfill its great potentialities." 

(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The League was organized in 1920 to teach women to 
use their new voting powers intelligently. The national headquar¬ 
ters of the League is in Washington. Members of the local leagues 
participate in conventions held every two years, at which the 
over-all program of the League is decided. Since its beginning 
the League has grown considerably, and at present there are 550 
local leagues and 35 state leagues. Most of the league's work is 
done by its 55,000 volunteer members, there being a very small 
paid staff in Washington and in a few of the larger leagues. 

The national budget of the League is $100,475. State budgets range 
from $200 to $23,500, and local budgets range from $25 in very small 
communities to $20,500 in large cities. Approximately one third of 
a million dollars is spent annually by the league as a whole. These 
funds are supplied by members and by other citizens who appreciate 
the service rendered by the League. Because most of the work is 
done by volunteers, every dollar contributed is in fact multiplied. 

The National league is the coordinating agency and the clearing 
house for information. No local league may support any legislation 
or political activity which is not in conformity with the platform 
adopted by the convention. 

The officers of the League are: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, honorary 
president} Miss Anna Lord Strauss, president; Mrs. Marc A, Law, first 
vice-president; Mrs. John G. Lee, second vice-president; Mrs. 

Daniel E. Earley, secretary; Mrs. W. H. Peterson, treasurer. 

OPERATIONS : Through its many activities the League works to help 
more citizens accept their responsibility for government. The league 






THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS -2- 


gives information on when and where to vote and the mechanics of 
marking a ballot. It publishes non-partisan facts on the opinions 
and records of candidates and elected officialsJ it simplifies and 
explains important issues. It campaigns actively for legislation 
in the public interest, although it never endorses candidates. 
Measures for which League members have worked with success include: 
adoption in many cities of the city manager system; improvement of 
children^ courts and school standards; reformation of election 
laws; adoption of the merit system in local, state and national 
government. 

The National League has been influential in the passage of provisions 
for unemployment compensation, maternal and child health in the 
Social Security Act; the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program; the 
regulation of the sale, advertising and labelling of food, drugs, 
and cosmetics; the Price Control Act and appropriations for UNRRA. 

The League has always put its chief emphasis on reaching the indi¬ 
vidual citizen and encouraging him to take part in his government. 

In its current effort to promote United States' participation in an 
international organization, it is reaching a wider variety of people 
than ever before. It is promoting discussion of world security 
throughout the 550 League communities, having already trained 5000 
discussion leaders with special materials and training sessions. 

The League distributes simple, clear information in the form of 
broadsides and small pamphlets which reach a wide public. But its 
greatest activity is in promoting discussion since, through talking 
over government problems, citizens reach the convictions necessary 
to make our democratic system of government work in the general 
interest. 

At the 1944 convention, the League drew up its program for the 
coming two years. The active list of matters on wMch the league 
will focus its attention include! United States participation in 
an international organization and the adoption of a domestic policy 
which will facilitate the solution of international problems; in¬ 
flation curbs, and a war and postwar finance program based on fair 
taxation; policies for economic stability; development of the social 
insurance program; strengthening of governmental procedures to 
improve the legislative processes, and the relationship between 
Congress and the Executive; federal aid to education; preservation 
of civil liberties and protection of minorities. 

Members of the League carry on many activities. They inform them¬ 
selves on important public issues and promote discussion of such 
matters in conversations, small groups and large meetings. They 



THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS -3. 


attend sessions of city councils, boards of education, state legis¬ 
latures, planning and administrative bodies. They interview candi¬ 
dates and elected officials to find out their views on important 
questions. They use all available media to disseminate information 
? e0T3le 1x1 government. They use their influence in be¬ 
half of legislation for the general welfare. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: At present the league is placing the 
greatest emphasis on its campaign for United States' membershio in 
the United Nations organization and related international organi¬ 
zations, such as the International Bank and Monetary Fund. 

Mrs. Louise Wright, a member of the Illinois League, has been sent 
to France and England, under the sponsorship of OWI, to tell the 
women of those countries about women's activities in this country 
The League was founded after a long fight for women s suffrage in 
this country, and is thus of particular interest to French women. 

Through Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, honorary president, the League 
acts as trustee for the International Suffrage Organization. 

MEMBERSHIPt There are now 55,000 League members. Any woman who 
supports the aims of the League is invited to join a local League. 
She automatically becomes a member both of her state League and 
the National League, and receives the every-member publications. 


PUBLICATIONS * 


The Story of Dumbarton Oaks , pamphlet. 5* per copy; 50 copies, 
$2.25; 100 copies, $4.00 

Trends , bi-weekly# $1.00 per year. 

Series of broadsides and fliers, single sheets for wide distri¬ 
bution. General publications to suggest techniques to league members. 

The Storv of Bretton Woods , an illustrated pamphlet. 5par 
copy* 50 copies, $2.25;100 copies, $4.00. 

Opening Gun , contrasting the United Nations Proposals with 
the League of Nations. 54 per copy. 















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LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 
Composed of 39 national organizations interested in international education. 

1201 Sixteenth Street, N. K. Telephone: District 4552 

Washington 6, D. C. 


Dr. William G. Carr, Chairman 

H J RI'OSE r To provide a means whereby educational organizations with 
an interest in international education can “exchange ideas, experienc¬ 
es and information, and suggest how cooperating organizations and 
other groups can contribute to the development of a desirable program 
in international education." 

OR GANIZATION : The Liaison Committee, which was organized in January, 
1943, is composed of representatives of 39 educational groups in the 
United States interested in international education. Activities 
are di* ected by an executive committee elected annually. The present 
executive committee includes: chairman. Dr. William G. Carr, associate 
secretary, National Education Association; vice-chairman, Dr. Waldo 
G. Leland, director of the American Council of Learned Societies; 
secretary, Dr. Kathryn McHale, general director of American Association 
of University Women; Dr. Carl H. Milam, executive secretary, American 
Library Association; and Dr. George F. Zook, president, American Coun¬ 
cil on Education. 

Among the activities of the Liaison Committee was the sponsoring of 
the first meeting of the International Education Assembly, held at 
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in September, 1943. Because only 
United States organizations are included on the Liaison Committee, it 
was felt that there would be an advantage in having an exchange of 
opinion with educators from other countries on the problems of educa¬ 
tion during the war and in the postwar period. As a result a group 
of foreign educators met with the Liaison Committee at Harpers Ferry 
and organized the International Education Assembly. 

A second meeting of the Assembly was held at Hood College, Frederick, 
Maryland, in June, 1944. The International Education Assembly, as 
also the Liaison Committee, emphasizes the need of establishing an 
international education organization. 

The principles arrived at by the Committee have been embodied in a 
resolution which has been sent to the State Department and to Congress. 


PUBLICATIONS: A Newsletter , whose circulation is restricted to members, 
is published at intervals to keep the various groups informed. 









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LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

A center providing specialized sources of international informa¬ 
tion 0 


84“86 East Randolph St. Telephone: State 1760 

Chicago l p Ill 0 

Miss Eloise Re Qua, Director (and Founder) 

PO^OSEg "To provide the best obtainable information on world 

arrairso” 

ORGANIZATIONS Founded in 1932 as a non-profit organization to stimu¬ 
late an interest in international problems and to establish a center 
of information for study, it has developed into a specialized library 
of 15,000 volumes, 450 current magazines and newspapers with complete 
back files, 30,000 pamphlets. Its financial support has come from 
the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ruth Stephan Supporting Fund, World 
Citizens Association, William E. Hale Fund and the Library’s own 
associate members. 

The Library is primarily for reference, specializing in the social, 
economic and political aspects of current international affairs. 

It has a trained research staff of 7 who speak and read 6 foreign 
languages. It adapts its service to individual needs, serving 6000 
patrons annually. 

The collection is world-wide in scope and includes besides foreign 
books and magazines and leading American publications concerned with 
international affairs, the official publications of the United States 
and foreign governments concerning diplomatic relations, foreign trade, 
war legislation and general statistics; publications of the two inter¬ 
national courts at the Hague, the League of Nations and the Inter¬ 
national Labor office. In addition, the Library has auxiliary reference 
tools such as certain historical and cultural surveys, basic biblio¬ 
graphies on literature and the fine arts, and a collection of foreign 
language grammars, conversation manuals and dictionaries. 

Bibliographies are prepared for organizations and institutes, and 
book and map exhibits are arranged for meetings held in the Inter¬ 
national Relations Center. This Center has grown up around the Li¬ 
brary and now includes those organizations concerned with the factual 
background on international affairs which have become tenants in 
the same building. The Library arranges round-table discussions led 
by specialists in which members and guests participate. 




LIBRARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -2- 


The facilities of the library are used by students, teachers, news¬ 
papers, radio commentators, advertising firms, financial houses, 
publishers, law firms, industries, writers, lecturers, government 
agencies, etc Q 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Library has served both the Army and Navy, 
particularly the map and intelligence divisions, the Office of Strategic 
Services, the F 0 B c I D and Foreign Consulates,, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES s The Centre d> Etude de Politique Etrangere 
in Paris, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, 
the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the London Insti¬ 
tute of World Affairs send their publications, and numerous foreign 
agencies supply material to the library 0 In 1938 the French govern¬ 
ment gave the library a credit of 10,000 francs to buy whatever it 
needed in the field in France„ 

MEMBERSHIP : There are the following membership classifications: 

Supporting: $50 o 00 minimum 
Contributing: $5o00 minimum 
Study group: $25<>00 
Teachers: $2 o 00 

Students: $l o 00 

Business: $100.00 





MASARYK INSTITUTE 


An educational and cultural organization of Americans interested in 
"keeping alive the memory of Thomas G. Wasaryk" through a concrete 
program of cultural interchange between Czechoslovakia and the United 
States. 

8 West 40th Street Telephone: Lackawanna 4”1476 

New York 18, N. Y. 


Ruza L. Stuerm, Secretary 

PURPOSE : To promote cultural exchanges between American and Czecho¬ 
slovakian groups, primarily with college, university, library and 
other scholarly interests. 

ORGANIZATION : The Masaryk Institute was organized on October 8, 

1937 in Woodrow Yv'ilson Library by 36 representatives from 16 different 
American cities; reorganized in December 1942 and officially recog¬ 
nized by the Czechoslovak Government as a center for cultural and 
scholarly exchange. Its activities and staff are to be enlarged, 
as soon as avenues open for direct exchange of students and scholars 
with liberated Czechoslovakia. It is a non-profit corporation 
governed by an executive committee composed of: Dr. Malcolm Davis, 

Dr. Edgar J. Fisher, Prof. J. L. Hromadka, Prof. Horace M. Kallen, 
Prof. J. B. Kozak, Prof. Otakar Odlozilik, Dean E. George Payne # 

Its officers are: chairman, Harry D. Gideonse; treasurer, Dr. Kenneth 
D. Miller; secretary, Dr. Ruza L. Stuerm. 

OPERATIONS : The Institute has served as a clearing house for informa¬ 
tion and research on Czechoslovakia's postwar educational needs, and 
took part in the formulation of plans to meet those needs, in coopera¬ 
tion and conferences with American organizations and government agen¬ 
cies. 

The Institute participates in the planning and preparation of student 
training for Czechoslovakia's postwar period. Upon the request of 
the Czechoslovak Ministry of Social Welfare in London, the Institute 
arranged for a special training course in child care with the Child 
Study Association in New York. Its graduates will work in Czechoslo¬ 
vakia' s large child centers. 

The Institute has prepared a list of experts in various fields who 
have expressed a desire to help in the country's reconstruction. 

For the restitution of Czechoslovak libraries, the Institute coop¬ 
erated with the American Library Association in the exchange of in¬ 
formation on restitution activities. Its members worked on additional 
specialized lists of American publications to supplement lists 
prepared py the ALA and the American Council of Learned societies. 
Under the direction of Dr. Josef Irumlik, a complete card file cata- 






MASARYK INSTITUTE -2- 


logue of all American medical publications since 1938 was estab¬ 
lished, as a preparatory step for the Institute's plans to fully 
equip the medical library of Charles University with American medi¬ 
cal literature. The Institute is concentrating its activities on 
collecting and shipping books for Czechoslovakia to be sent first 
to Charles University and, as contributions \ ermit, to other in¬ 
stitutions . 

The Institute participated in the "Treasure Chest" campaign through 
whic^ American children are contributing books for children in 
war devastated countries. 

The Institute is also compiling a loose leaf catalogue of Czecho¬ 
slovak music available in the United States. It is building a 
reference library on Czechoslovakia and has been accpted as a 
repository by the Carnegie Ehdowment for International Peace. 


ME1IBERSHIP : Annual membership. $2.50 

Sustaining membership'. 10.00 

Life membership. 50.00 


PUBLICATIONS : A bi-monthly bulletin containing articles and news 
of Czechoslovakia and the Institute, $1.00 per year, free to mem¬ 
bers. 








An educational agency in the field of maternity 0 




Hazel Corbin, Director 



-—ouu^erauon wit,n all existing 
for all expectant mothers 0 W (Official Statement) 


OR GANIZATION; The Maternity Center Association estflhl i ■$»■» 1Q1(2 



reaching other communities through its educational literature 
pondence, visits, etc Q 


The MCA Holds classes in New York City for prospective mothers and 
tatnerso The Association conducts refresher courses in obstetrics for 
public health nurses throughout the United States. The Association 
develops standards for each phase of maternity care and stimulates com¬ 
munities to make the best care available to every mother at a price she 


A schooi of nurse-midwifery is conducted by the Association in New York 
City to prepare graduate nurses in the art and science of midwifery 0 
This is a six-months course including, as well as theory, the actual 
delivery of at least twenty patients 0 A detailed catalog is available 
on requesto 

The MCA has prepared a set of posters, From Babyhood to Motherhood , 
which is useful to lay discussion groups 0 It has also published a Birth 
Atiajs a series of photographs of three-dimensional models made by Dr 0 
Robert Latou Dickinson 0 Another contribution of the MCA is the develop¬ 
ment of male interest in the problems of pregnancy, childbirth and in¬ 
fant care 0 

The MCA is a member of the National Health Council and of the American 
Committee on Maternal 1elfare 0 The latter produced the film "Birth of a 
Baby", which was shown in local communities in the United States and 
Great Britain. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The MCA has sent its literature and exhibits 
to many foreign countries, including; Great Britain, Canada, Australia, 
Latin American countries, Sweden, Greece, India, Turkey, Portugal. Some 
of the posters have been translated into Spanish 0 The Association wants 







MATERNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION -2- 

to renew and develop foreign contacts and would make its materials avail¬ 
able at cost to countries interested in developing parent education,, In 
Great Britain there is a closely corresponding organization, the National 
Association of Maternity and Child Welfare Centers and for the Prevention 
of Infant Mortality 0 

MEMBERSHIP g The Association is supported by voluntary contributions and 
membership dues from some 3*000 members 0 Any individual contributing more 
than one dollar is a member„ 

PUBLICATIONS g 

Briefs ,, 6 issues annually, $1„00 a year 0 

Getting Ready to be a Father „ Hazel Corbin, $1 0 25 

Getting Ready to be a Mother C 0 Van Blarcom revised by Hazel Corbin, 
$2„50o 

Birth Atlas (16 life-size charts showing fertilization, implantation, 
fetal development and the birth sequence), $5o00„ 

Public Health Nursing in Obstetrics 0 Part I „ Part I presents a com¬ 
prehensive picture of obstetric care today and is designed to help nurses 
in planning an adequate program in a local community,, 50# 

Public Health Nursin g in Obstetrics, Part IV , Part IV contains out¬ 
lines for the group instruction of mothers and fathers 0 There are units 
on anatomy and physiology of reproduction, hygiene of pregnancy, nutri¬ 
tion, labor and the baby“s birthday, the new mother and her needs, the 
new baby and his needs and demonstration and practice periods« $l o 00 











MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION SERVICE, INC . 
Devoted to the improvement of medical care. 


1790 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 


Telephone: Circle 5-7796 


Dr. Kingsley Roberts, Director 
Rath L. Cameron, Assistant Director 


HJEPOSE: The Medical Administrative Service is "essentially in¬ 
terested in studying and passing along information concerning 
methods for distribution of more and better medical care to more 
people under sound professional and economic circumstances." 
(Statement of Dr. Kingsley Roberts) 

ORGANIZATION : The organization was established by Dr. Kingsley 
Roberts in 1937» under the name of the Bureau of Cooperative 
Medicine. In 19^1 it moved beyond an exclusive interest in 
cooperatives into a broader program of research in medical- 
social economics, and became the Medical Administration Service, 
Inc. It is a nonprofit organization, principally supported by 
grants from funds and foundations, as well as by fees for con¬ 
sultations and surveys. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Service has no foreign affili¬ 
ations! It maintains contact with individuals in Canada who are 
interested in the Dominion health program. It is also much in¬ 
terested in South America, which it regards as a region much in 
need of improved medical care, but has no definite contacts at 
present. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The function of the Medical Administration 
Service is to distribute the findings of its studies and research 
to groups to whom these findings are most important, and to help 
them to use this knowledge to the best advantage. Its chief 
activities are of an advisory and educational nature. Its work 
in medical-social economics is largely concerned with: (l) making 
recommendations based on surveys which it originates or has been 
asked to make; (2) educational programs on coordinated medical 
practice, prepayment plans, and methods for distributing medical 
care now and after the war; ( 3 ) publishing informational material 
on these subjects. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Service has published a number of books and 
pamphlets on the results of its researches. Among these are: 

Cooperative Health Associations . 1937• 28pp. 

Medical Care in Selected Areas of the Appalachia n Bituminous 

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MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION SERVICE, INC, -2- 


New Plans of Medical Service . 1940. 72pp. 

Organization and Administration of Group Medical Practice, 
by Dean A. Clark, M.b., and Katharine G. Clark. l^Ui, 109PP. 

Business Procedures, by Perry R. Taylor. 1941. 109pp. 

How to Organize Group Health Plans, by Martin W. Brown, LL.B., 
Katharine G. Clark, and Perry R. Taylor. 1942, 72pp. 

P repay ment Plans for Medical Care, by Franz Goldmann, M.D. 

I942: bOppT 

"...On the Move ... 11 , Interim General Report of Medical Planning 
Research , reprinted from the London Lancet. “T943. 32pp. 

A Solution : Coordinate Medical Manpower . 1943. 15PP. 

A Blueprint : the V Plan . 1943 . 24pp. 

Voluntary Medical Insurance in the United States: Major Trends 
and Current Problems , by Helen Hershfield Avnet. 1944. 10/pp. 

These publications are available at prices ranging from Yyf: to $1.00. 
One or two are free. 

































MELLON 


An endowed nonprofit institution for research in the sciences related to 
industry and public health, 

4400 Fifth Avenue Telephones Mayflower 1100 

Pittsburgh 13, Pa 0 

Edward R 0 l?eidlein, Director 

PURPOSE; "A corporate body for research in the pure and applied natural 
sciences, for training research workers, affording them facilities for 
specialized development, and for providing technical information adapt=> 
able to public advantage,” (From Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION ? Mellon Institute grew out of a plan conceived by Dr, 

Robert Kennedy Duncan in 1906 to make scientific research more available 
to the public and applicable more effectively to industry, A procedure 
referred to as the Industrial Fellowship System was evolved which gave a 
manufacturer the privilege of establishing a temporary fellowship in a 
university for the investigation of a particular problem the solution of 
which would mutually benefit both the manufacturer and the public, Dr 0 
Duncan initiated this system at the University of Kansas, and in 1910 
Andrew W, Mellon and Richard B 0 Mellon called him to put it into prac- 
tice at the University of Pittsburgh, 

The idea was accepted with interest by industry and in 1913 it was thought 
to have advanced far enough to deserve a permanent organization and name. 
The Institute remained a part of the University of Pittsburgh until 
1927, when it was separately incorporated. Since then its affairs have 
been managed by an executive staff responsible to its own board of trustees 
whose president is John G, Bowman, president of the University, The 
Institute cooperates with the University and the junior members of its 
research staff may enjoy the opportunities of graduate students there. 
However, the researches of fellowships are of postdoctoral character, with 
the fellows and their aids having the status of salaried workers. 

The arrangement is as follows? a manufacturer seeking to investigate a 
problem, or hoping for general benefit from a research program, donates 
money for a temporary fellowship at the Institute, A fellowship agreement 
is drawn up between the Institute and the donor setting forth the purpose 
and the terms. The fellow selected must be acceptable both to the donor 
and the Institute, Ninety fellowships are now in operation, some of which 
have been renewed over a period of 30 years. 

The donor has control over the research findings of the fellowship it 
supports and over their patenting and publication. The fellows often find 
later employment with their donors. The Institute defrays the overhead 





MELLON INSTITOTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH -2- 

expenses not chargeable to a particular donor and the cost of equipment 
of general long-term use„ Thus the Institute provides facilities for 
researches which if conducted individually would be much more costly 0 In 
addition, the physical separation of the Institute and its laboratories 
from production plants is regarded as a great advantage to company research 
Industrial Hygiene Foundation, a nonprofit national association of indus¬ 
tries for advancing health in technology, operates under the Institute’s 
auspiceso 

Because it recognizes the need of fundamental scientific research as a 
background and source of stimulus for industrial research, the Institute 
also supports disinterested investigations not suggested by industry but 
planned within the organization The Institute’s Department of Research 
in Pure Chemistry studies chemotherapeutic problems, such as the synthesis 
of new antimalarials and other drugs 0 The results of these investigations 
are made available to the public and the professions,, 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; During the war Mellon Institute has collaborated with 
the War and Navy Departments, the War Production Board, the Rubber Reserve 
Company, the National Defense Research Committee, the War Metallurgy Com¬ 
mittee of the National Academy of Sciences, and others„ Many new research 
programs were begun for necessary war purposes, and, through the office 
of the Director, many scientists trained at the Institute were recruited 
for valuable war serviceo 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? Mellon Institute is in close contact with 
British research organizations with which it exchanges material,, Eight 
hundred and ninety-five patents in 35 countries have been granted as a 
result of its researches,, 

PUBLICATIONSs A bibliography, A List of Books, Bulletins n Journal Contri¬ 
butions and Patents bv Members of Mellon Institute, 1911-38 „ 

Annual Report series*, and other pamphlet material on Mellon 
Institute activitieso 












THE METROPOLITAN MOSEDM OF ART 


The museum containing the most comprehensive over-all collec¬ 
tion of art in the United States. 

Fifth Ave. and 82nd Street Telephones Rhinelander 4-7690 

Nee York 28, N. Y. 

William Church Osborn, President 
Francis Henry Taylor, Director 
Horace H. F. Jayne, Vice Director 

PURPOSE: "For encouraging and developing the study of the 
Fine Arts and the application of arts to manufacture « nd practi¬ 
cal life, for advancing the knowledge of kindred subjects, and 
to that end furnishing popular instruction and recreation." 
(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Museum was established in 1870, and its 
first exhibition held in 1872. Since its inception, the Museum 
has grown into one of the largest in the world, covering nearly 
fourteen acres of floor space and containing about a million 
objects. 

The Museum is principally supported by gifts, bequests, endow¬ 
ments and membership dues. Approximately one-third of its 
funds comes from an appropriation from the city of New York, 
which is applied toward salaries for the guards. Admission to 
the Museum is free at all times. The Cloisters, a museum of 
mediaeval and gothic art, is free every day except Friday, when 
a fee of 25* is charged. 

In the main building are collections which number several hun¬ 
dred thousand works of art, gathered from all corners of the 
world, and ranging over 5000 years. 

On the first floor is the large Egyptian collection which 
contains, among other things, the gigantic statues of Queen 
Hatahepsut recovered from her mortuary temple by the Museum's 
Egyptian Expedition. The Greek and Roman collections represent 
virtually every aspect of those civilizations. There are also 
collections of mediaeval art, arms and armor, European decorative 
arts, American arts, furniture and period rooms, modern sculp¬ 
ture, and a collection of musical instruments, in which the 
history of European music can be traced. 

On the second floor are the collections of Far and Near Eastern 
art, the textile and costume collection, the European and 
American furniture, the decorative arts, and the picture galleries. 
In the galleries, the paintings are arranged according to schools 





THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART -2 


and periods. 

Many of the Museum's finest works of the Romanesque and Gothic 
period are shown at the Cloisters, which was given to the Museum 
by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. This beautiful building, a recreation 
of a mediaeval abbey composed of original elements of Romanesque 
and Gothic architecture principally from Prance and Spain, is 
situated high above the Hudson River in Fort Tryon Park. 

A Junior Museum is maintained, which has its own exhibitions, 
library and lunch room. Appointments may be made for free guidance 
of classes. 

ACTIVITIES : The Museum offers a broad educational program. 

Its Reference Library contains some 100,000 volumes on art and 
archaeology, and 200,000 photographs which are open to the public 
for reference purposes. Special assistance is available to visi¬ 
tors. Lantern slides, color prints, photographs and other 
teaching aids are loaned free to tax-exempt educational insti¬ 
tutions in New York City, and at nominal fees to others in New 
York and outside. 

Lecture tours of the Museum are given daily, end a special lec¬ 
ture is given almost every afternoon. Guidance by the education¬ 
al staff is free to all members of the Museum and to teachers, 
classes end other groups from tax-exempt educational institutions. 
To others, the fee is 25£ an hour per person, with a minimum 
of $1.00. The Museum cooperates in offering its many facilities 
to art schools, colleges end universities in the city of New 
York. 

Movies are presented every Saturday afternoon in the Lecture 
Hall. 

The Museum also maintains several programs of music. Throughout 
the year, regular Sunday Victory concerts are given, with pro¬ 
grams by distinguished soloists and small ensembles. Many 
special concerts of chamber music are also organized, based on 
the Museum's fine collections of musical instruments. These 
concerts afford members an opportunity for hearing unusual 
music and for an tinder standing of the history and use of musical 
instruments which cannot be obtained elsewhere. On Sunday after¬ 
noons, there are also recorded programs of mediaeval music at 
the Cloisters. 

The Museum holds a number of special exhibitions during the 
year. Twenty-one were held in 1944. 




THE METROPOLITAN MUSEDM OF ART -3- 

RELATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS : The Museum is affiliated 
with such organizations as the American Association of Museums, 
Association of Art Museum Directors, American Federation of Arts, 
and the College Art Association, among others. 

The Museum has made a new alliance with the Costume Institute, 
Inc., better known as the Museum of Costume Art. To serve 
adequately the immense dress and fashion industry of New York 
has been one of the chief concerns of the Museum. This spring, 
the Museum and the Institute sponsored an exhibition entitled 
"American Fashions and Fabrics" which presented the efforts of 
nine leading textile houses and designers. It is the result of 
a project started a year ago when the creators of fashion in 
the textile and costume fields were invited to study the rich 
treasures of the Museum, and to select from them such objects 
as might inspire them with motifs for textile designs and pro¬ 
vide inspiration for costumes. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Before the war, the Museum was in 
touch with museums all over the world. It was a member of the 
International Museum Council at Geneva, and was affiliated with 
the British Museum Association. 

In the past the Museum has offered its facilities and assistance 
to foreign scholars, and they would be interested in hearing 
about foreign scholars who wish to pursue their research in this 
country. 

WAR ACTIVITIES : In spite of the fact that the Museum's princi¬ 
pal collections had been removed for safety, the attendance in 
war years has steadily grown. The paintings have now been rein¬ 
stalled in newly decorated galleries, and the event celebrated 
by a reception for Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. 

Contrary to the usual opinion that an art museum does not add 
much to the war effort, the Metropolitan has made some definite 
contributions. The Museum Department of Arms and Armor cooperated 
with the U.S. Army Ordnance Department in developing helmets and 
body armor which are widely used by the air and ground forces. 

The Museum has equipped Halloran Hospital with over 5000 framed 
color prints; it has sent out many thousand color prints to 
embellish the walls of barracks, D.S.O. and recreation quarters. 
Since 1941, a Red Cross Operation Unit has been maintained, 
where, in 1944 alone, over 600,000 dressings were prepared. 

Also, free lunches have been served to several thousand service 
people in the museum restaurant. 







THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART -4- 

POSTWAR PLANS : The Museum plans to reorganise the interior of 
its present building, and develop additional space for expanded 
activities. The principle of these plans has been to unite 
the present disparate and far-flung collections into an organic 
whole. The Museum, which has now reached such proportions that 
no normal human being be expected to digest the whole in a 
single visit, will become a complex of several museums united 
under a single administration. The separate museums will be: 

Museum of Oriental Art; Picture Gallery; Museum of Decorative 
Arts; Museum of Ancient Art; and the American Wing. In this 
last, the Early American ling of the Museum and the Whitney 
Museum of American Art will be joined. By the inclusion of 
separate entrances and a redistribution of the existing approaches 
each of these separate museums will be con?>lete in itself. 

These new plans will make it possible for the Museum to carry 
on an expanded program of education for which there is a growing 
demand locally and throughout the country. The entire first 
floor will be devoted to junior and adult education, and will 
serve educational and art institutions all over the country. 

MEMBERSHIP : Annual membership dues are $10. There has been a 
constant increase in membership during the war years, and in 
1942 the Museum had 4372 contributing members. Privileges ex¬ 
tended to members include: invitations to all opening receptions and 
previews of special exhibitions; membership lectures and study 
courses; invitations to private musical events arranged for mem¬ 
bers; special activities in the Junior Museum for children of 
members; free services of Museum instructors and consultation 
with the curatorial staff; subscriptions to three Museum publi¬ 
cations, Museum Bulletin . Annual Report of the Trustees , and a 
monthly Calendar of Events : a discount on all Museum publica¬ 
tions; free tickets to the Cloisters for members and friends. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Bulle tin. 

Numerous publications, books and periodicals, covering the 
following fields: museum economy, art - general works and special 
fields, Coptic archaeology, Egyptian archaeology - excavations 
special fields, European and American art - general works and special 
fields, Far Eastern art, Near Eh stern art - excavations and general 
works and special fields 

Series of publications for school use, books and pictures. 











THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD, INC. 

A membership organization cooperating with the Metropolitan 
Opera Association. 

654 Madison Avenue Telephone: Regent 4-2410 

New York 21, N. Y. 

Evelyn Ploger, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : To promote interest in opera throughout the United 
States; to broaden the base of support for the Metropolitan 
Opera Association. 

ORGANIZATION : The Guild was created in 1935 by Mrs. August Bel- 
mont. Leader in social and philanthropic work. In ten years it 
has grown from an idea and a small group of sponsors to an organ¬ 
ization of national scope with a membership of more than 20,000. 
Miss Lucrezie Bori, former Metropolitan star, is the chairman. 

Its program is guided by a board of 46 directors with Mrs. Belmont 
as president, by officers and by a small paid staff. It is fi¬ 
nanced by memberships and by special gifts. 

The Guild has assisted in public campaigns to raise money for 
the Metropolitan Opera Association and has obtained one-third 
of the total sums raised. In addition, the Guild has contribut¬ 
ed substantial reserve and endowment funds to the Association 
and from its membership dues has made possible new productions 
of operas. 

The educational program of the Guild is one of its most impres¬ 
sive activities. In 1937 the Guild sponsored and financed its 
first junior performance of grand opera at the Metropolitan, 
bringing 3,400 students to the opera house. Since that date 
over 90,000 students have attended the Guild's junior perform¬ 
ances, with 18,000 more expected at the five performances dur¬ 
ing 1944-45. The Guild makes tickets available at reduced 
rates to the public, private and parochial schools associated 
with the Guild; Guild membership dues undeiTvrite. the venture. 
School music supervisors train the children ahead of time in 
a variety of ways, interesting among them being the use of pup¬ 
pet shows to explain the action and staging of the operas. The 
Guild has also sponsored the publication of a variety of books 
for children (listed under PUBLICATIONS). 


Another form of education sponsored by the Guild is its radio 
work. Besides its regularly-broadcast Opera Victory Rally 





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("briefly described under INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ), the organization 
broadcasts each week a program called "Metropolit an Opera USA", 
during which young American singers are given opportunity to per¬ 
form. Another regular program, "Opera Previews", presents analyses 
of coming operas. 

The Guild arranges various types of lectures on opera, exhibitions 
and forums at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

During the season of 1943-44 the Guild sold 1,154 tickets to music 
students and young industrial workers at a substantial discount. 

This arrangement is made possible through the use of a student fund, 
money obtained through the New York Community Trust. 

In addition, the Guild has provided many scholarships for young art¬ 
ists of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Guild members from all over 
the country contributed to the scholarship fund by buying small 
pieces of the gold curtains that hung from the Metropolitan Opera 
House proscenium for a generation. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS; During the intermissions of the operas 
broadcast each Saturday afternoon during the opera season, the 
Guild has sponsored, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Opera 
Association and the Texas Company, the Opera*Vidtory Rally, present¬ 
ing a series of international figures, such as Carl Hambro of Nor¬ 
way and Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia. Last year the rally theme 
was "The Road to Lasting Peace"; this year it is "The Fight for 
Peace". 

The Guild has stressed the idea that the Metropolitan Opera Company 
is itself a demonstration of international amity, for at least half 
of its artists and staff are of foreign birth. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; The Guild has distributed more than 5,000 opera 
tickets to service men and women on leave. Guild hostesse‘8 donate 
the 56 seats of the Guild box in the Opera House and provide special 
hospitality in the Guild clubrocm. 

The organization has collected, repaired and distributed in excellent 
condition more than 1,500 musical instruments to Army and Navy hospi¬ 
tals in the North Atlantic area. While the service will be continued 
at the urgent request of the American Red Cross, through which distri¬ 
bution is made, the work has been extended to include specific re¬ 
quests from the overseas theatres of war. 

Recordings, contributed by Guild members, have gone to 11 hospitals, 
ships and Army and Navy posts, and the Guild has bought two operatic 














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reeord libraries for American and British aircraft carriers, 
distributing them through Armed Forces Master Records, Inc. 

MEMBERSHIP : Among Opera Guild memberships are three classifi¬ 
cations, for (a) individuals — sustaining, contributing and 
donor — each with definite privileges, and (b) a special mem¬ 
bership plan for educational groups. (Membership privileges 
for the several classes include attendance at events of spec¬ 
ial interest at the Opera House and at working rehearsals, 
lectures, luncheons and other functions scheduled during the 
year with opportunity to meet some of the singers of the Com¬ 
pany, as well as a subscription to Opera News. A ticket ser¬ 
vice assists members to purchase opera tickets), (c) National 
membership is designed for radio listeners; it costs $3.00 a 
year and includes a subscription to Opera News. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Opera News — published weekly during the opera season; 
free to all classes of members; only American magazine devot¬ 
ed exclusively to opera. 

Metropolitan Opera Milestones — by Mary Ellis Peltz. 

Your Metropolitan Opera — by Mary Ellis Peltz. 

Children's books of the following operas: The Bartered 
Bride , Rhinegold , The Valkyrie , The Twilight of the Gods, 
Faust, Boris Godunoff and The Magic Flute — aTl editedby 
Robert Lawrence. 











































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MILBANK MEMORIAL FUND 

An endowed foundation for the promotion of public health and social wel¬ 
fare. 


40 Wall Street Telephone: Whitehall 4-4989 

New York, N. I. 

Miss Catherine A. Doran, Secretary 

PURPOSE? "To improve the physical, mental and moral condition of humanity 
and generally to advance charitable and benevolent objects.” (From the 
Charter) 

ORGANIZATION : The Milbank Memorial Fund war established and endowed by 
the late Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson as a memorial to her father and 
mother, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Lake Milbank, It was incorporated in 1905 
as a membership corporation. The Fund’s program is administered by an 
executive director who is directly r esponsible to an unsalaried board of 
directors. Advisory functions are carried out by a technical board ap¬ 
pointed by the board of directors. 

The scope of the Fund, while widely diversified, has been principally in 
the field of public health. At present its special interests in this 
field are nutrition, housing, population trends, and the appraisal of 
public health methods and procedures. It has had a part in the develop¬ 
ment of new enterprises in these fields; it has assisted a number of health 
agencies through critical years; and it has cooperated in furthering the 
programs of well-established organizations. It maintains a Division of 
Research to develop and apply scientific procedures in the study of fac¬ 
tors affecting the health of huunan populations and in testing the efficiency 
of various administrative health measures, and a Division of Publications 
which utilizes various media in extending the usefulness of its program. 

It is the Fund's policy to give precedence to measures intended to bene¬ 
fit society as a whole. For this reason it neither gives nor lends 
money to individuals, nor does it contribute to the support of schools, 
colleges, hospitals, or churches. 

The officers are Albert G. Milbank, president; Frank G. Boudreau, execu¬ 
tive director; Catherine A. Doran, secretary; United States Trust Company 
of New York, treasurer. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Fund has no formal international affilia¬ 
tions, but its work is known abroad through its scientific publications. 






MILBANK MEMORIAL FUND 


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The technical work of the Fund is not restricted to the United States 9 
and its studies relate to public health abroad as well as at home u In 
the field of population, for example, it has cooperated with the Office 
of Population Research (which it helps to support) at Princeton University 
in studies of world population 0 

In the past it has assisted in the establishment of sanitary cooperatives 
in Yugoslavia, and it has contributed to the support of the Health Section 
of the League of Nations„ Members of its staff have participated in the 
preparation and conduct of international technical conferences, such as 
the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture at Hot Springs in 
1943 o 

PUBLICATIONS ; 

Annual Report 0 

Bulletin „ Quarterly, $l o 00 a year 0 This discusses special phases 
of the Fund # s work in article form 0 

New Steps in iublic Health „ 1945. (One of a series of reports on 

international conferenceso) 

Nutrition; The Newer Diagnostic Methods . 1938. $1»00 

Demographic Studies of Selected Areas of Rapid Growth ,, 1944. $1<>00„ 

Housing for Health . 1941. $1.00 o 

Also, other books and reports, and numerous pamphlets and reprints. 











THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY 


A scholarly collection of rare books, manuscripts and paintings„ 

29-33 East 36th Street Telephone: Caledonia 5-0008 

New York 16, N 0 Y 0 

Miss Belle da Costa Green, Director 

PURPOSE: The collection of rare books, manuscripts and other material, 
their preservation and supervision of their use by students 0 

ORGANIZATION: The Pierpont Morgan Library, which has one of the finest 
collections of its kind in the United States, was incorporated in 1924. 

It is for reference only; no material may be circulated 0 It is governed 
by a self^perpetuating board of trustees, whose present members are John 
Wo Davis, Junius Spencer Morgan, Henry Sturgis Morgan, Roland L 0 Redmond, 
Mrs 0 George Nichols and Albert G. Milbank. It is financed entirely 
through endowments made by the Morgan family. 

The principal collections of the Library are those of Assyrian and Baby¬ 
lonian seals, cylinders, and cuneiform tablets; Egyptian, Greek, and 
other papyri ; mediaeval and Renaissance manuscripts from the sixth to 
the sixteenth century; authors” autograph manuscripts, principally 
English, American, French, and Italian; autograph letters and docu¬ 
ments of Western European and American historical and literary personages, 
artists, and others, dating from the eleventh to the twentieth century; 
printed books dating from the inception of printing in Europe,., including 
strong collections of first and early editions of classical, mediaeval, 
and Renaissance texts, French dramatists and other French writers of 
the sixteenth to eighteenth century, and Ihglish history, liturgy, and 
literature; books and prints reproducing and detailing costumes of all 
ages; book bindings; drawings by artists from the fourteenth to the nine¬ 
teenth century; etchings by Rembrandt; Ehglish and other mezzotints. 

A large collection of reference material including many volumes now rare 
or out of print, is also available. 

The facilities of the Library are freely available to all students 
pursuing study or research in the fields covered by its collections. 

Upon reasonable advance notice, special exhibitions are arranged for class¬ 
es studying a particular field. The Library also has lecture series, 
which are of a scholarly nature. 




THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY -2- 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Library has traditional connections with 
most of the large libraries and art groups in Europe, Before the war, 
it brought a number of foreign scholars to this country on lecture tours. 
It sends its publications to European institutions and during the war 
it has saved some copies for future distribution, 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Among recent publications still in print are: 

Check List of Fifteenth Century Printing in the Piernont Morgan 

Library , compiled by A 0 Thurston and C. F„ Buhler, 

Cursus Sanctae Mariae: A Thirteenth Century Il luminate d Manuscript 

IlLJZ&i. 

The Fifteenth Century Book , Exhibition arranged for the 500th 
anniversary of the invention of printing; introduction by Lawrence C, 
Wrotho 


The Animal Kingdom . Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of manu¬ 
script illuminations, book illustrations, and drawings. 











TOE MUSEUM OF MODERN ABT 


i “f tl ^tion devoted to advancing the study of modern 
artv, and the application of such arts to practical life. 


11 West 53rd Street 
New York 19, N. Y. 


Telephone: Circle 5-8900 


Monroe Wheeler, Director of Exhibitions and Publications 
James Johnson Sweeney, Director of Painting and Sculpture 
Rene d Harnoncourt, Vice-President in Charge of Foreign Affairs 


EIRPOSE: " To the best of its collective ability and the extent of 
its resources, by means of its collections, its exhibitions and its 
publications, the Museum of Modern Art endeavors to minister to the 
enjoyment of contemporary painting, sculpture, graphic arts, archi¬ 
tecture, industrial design, theatre and dance design, photography 
and the films, and to be helpful to those whose task or pleasure it 
may be to study them. It does not propose to be the final arbiter 
of the relative importance and accomplishment of the various schools 
of thought about art, or of the different conceptions of modern beauty. 
Neither is it a complacent repository of established values. It is 
rather a center of artistic life, to indicate the inspiration of 
the vigorous protagonists of the living artsand to clarify the beliefs 
and sensibilities which animate them." (From "Art in Progress " 

15th Anniversary Exhibition catalogue.) 


ORGANIZATION: The Museum was founded in October 1929. Ten years 
later it was housed in a new building of contemporary design with 
outer walls of glass and brilliant blue tile. By March 1, 1945 its 
membership was 8427. The Museum is financed by membership fees, 
individual contributions, invested capital funds, admission charges, 
sale of publications and fees for circulating exhibitions and film 
programs. 


Responsibility for the functioning of the Museum of Modern Art rests 
with the officers, a board of trustees and a paid administrative and 
professional staff. Stephen C. Clark serves as Chairman of the Board, 
John Hay Whitney as President. Among the trustees are Alfred H. Barr, 
Jr., Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs. W. Murray Crane, Fhilip L. Goodwin, 
A. Conger Goodyear, Sam A. Lewisohn, Henry R. Luce, Archibald McLeish, 
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, j r# , Beardsley Ruml, James Thrall Sobey and 
Edward M.M. Warburg. 


A member of the American Federation of Arts, the Museum is in contact 
with museums and groups interested in art throughout the country. 

Its connections with the government, both official and unofficial, 
have been numerous, especially since the war. The Museum of Modern 
Art is the principal museum in New York concerned with international 
modern art. It depends on foreign countries as well as the United 
States for new art. After the war it plans to reassume its position 





THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 


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as interpreter in the United States for modern art of all countries. 

The activities and exhibitions of the Department of Fainting and 
Sculpture comprise the largest portion of the Museum’s work. Other 
important functions are: 

1. Photography : "In 1932, when the Museum of Modern Art first 
exhibited photography it was as a peer of painting... The highest 
possible artistic and technical standards of fine photography have 
been the primary concern of the Department of Photography, founded 
in 1940." (Official statement.) In exhibitions such as "Murals 

by American Painters and Photographers" and "Photography 1839-1937," 
photography was carefully treated as an art. 

2. Dance and Theatre Design : "The recent creation of a 
Department of Dance and Theatre Design indicates the Museum's 
natural extension into new fields of contemporary art. No public 
agency has yet made consistent efforts toward a specific definition 
of the artistic iconography of dance and theatre; and none has 
ever conceived an adequate and methodical presentation of applied 
theatre aesthetics." (Official statement.) This department pro¬ 
poses to serve as a center to coordinate all significant efforts 

in this special field, and the objectives may be identified with 
the Museum's triple activities: collection, exhibition and education. 

3. Film Library : Since its establishment in 1935, the Film 
Library has been collecting significant motion pictures of the 
past and making them available for re-examination and study. 
Previously "knowledge of the esthetic and technical development of 
this new medium of expression had become largely a matter of re¬ 
collection and conjecture. Now the Film Library is drawing upon 
its archives to repeat a retrospective of motion picture history.... 
Already colleges and universities are increasingly aware of the 
importance of the motion picture, no longer merely as an aid to 
education, but as a subject of profound interest in itself." 

(Official statement.) Museum films have been rented by 819 out¬ 
side organizations or groups, including 58 universities, 83 colleges, 
army camps, USO clubs, etc. 

4. Architecture : This department was formed in 1932. It 
has organized a number of influential architectural exhibitions, 
such as International Architecture in 1932, and has recently sur¬ 
veyed the field of American building, results of which have been 
published in "Built in USA, 1932-1944." 

5. Industrial Design : "Furniture, utensils, motorcars, foun¬ 
tain pens, all come within this important field which has, on the 
whole, been dominated by commercial expediency with results which 
have too often been chaotic and disappointing to designer, manu- 









THE MUSEUM OF MODgtN ART 


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facturer, wholesaler, retailer and consumer. Beginning with its 
Machine Art show of* 1934, the Museum has tried to bring some reas¬ 
onable order and recognizable standards into this confusion. n 
(Official statement.) The department originated early in 1940. 

Four major exhibitions have been held since that time dealing with 
product design and related subjects. 

Modern Fosters : "Although the Museum has not yet found 
the means to establish a department of commercial art, it has been 
able to acquire an admirable collection of 500 modern posters." 
(Official statement.) 

7* Circulating E xhibitions :* The Museum of Modern Art strives 
to extend its services and influence throughout the nation by 
promoting out-of-town membership and circulating exhibitions. When 
it opened in 1929, it began to circulate material, and in 1933 a 
Department of Circulating Exhibitions was organized. As of June 
1944, the Museum has arranged 2655 showings of its exhibitions in 
the United States and abroad. At present, a program of about 130 
circulating exhibitions is maintained with 550 bookings annually. 

8. Educational Program : The educational program, set up in 
1937, undertook to develop among children and young people an 
appreciation of the arts of their time. "The museum can render 
its greatest aid to education by serving as an educational labora¬ 
tory trying out new methods and techniques of teaching." (Official 
statement.) Introductory courses on modern art are also offered 
to teachers because it was found that many teachers' colleges 
slighted the modern period in the development of art education of 
prospective teachers. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : In the international field the Museum 
of Modern Art has brought the American public information about 
the country's allies through exhibitions and films. An exhibition, 
"Britain at War" was arranged in collaboration with Sir Kenneth 
Clark, the Director of the National Gallery in London and of the 
British Ministry of Information. In conjunction with this exhibit, 

15 British war films were shown. Again, in 1942, a photography 
show opened, depicting "Two Years of War in England." 

An exhibition reviewing the art of Australia was sent on tour 
by the Museum under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation. 

Traveling exhibitions available for museums, colleges or universi¬ 
ties include 1) "War Posters," in which Russia, England, France, 
the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Canada and China are represented} 

2) "Chinese Children Picture the Warj" 3) "Soviet Children's Art;" 

4) "Cuban Painting Today." 

In addition to the circulating exhibitions that have reached audienc- 







THE MUSHJM OF MODERN ART -4- 


es in the United States, Canada and Hawaii; contracts have been 
executed since 1943 for various government agencies, involving 
the preparation of exhibitions for shipment overseas. Duplicate 
editions of the Museum's exhibition of the United States at war, 
"Road to Victory," were prepared for circulation in England, and 
two others were produced for Uruguay and Colombia with Carl Sand¬ 
burg's text in Spanish. A duplicate of "Brazil Builds" with Portu¬ 
guese text was sent to Rio, and to London to be shown at the Brazil¬ 
ian Bnbassy. Two architectural exhibitions were made up for OWI, 
one for Ehgland and Australia, and the other for Stockholm. 

"Plans are under way for exchange exhibitions with Canada, England. 
Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.... The planned extension of these acti¬ 
vities to meet the needs of the smallest and poorest institution 
will mean that the citizen of the next decade will be more ade¬ 
quately informed of contemporary events in terms of the arts of 
various countries. Other Countries are already establishing similar 
visual educational programs and it is hoped that in the future the 
exchange of cultural material will promote both national and inter¬ 
national understanding of the world we live in." (Official state¬ 
ment .) 

The Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art has performed extensive 
service for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 
Films about Central and South America have been distributed in the 
United States. The Museum has also prepared Spanish and Portuguese 
versions of short informational films concerning the United States 
for release in Latin-American countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : During the war, the Museum of Modern Art has 
helped the government in the preparation, showing and circulation 
of exhibitions and films. It has acted in an administrative and 
advisory capacity. Government agencies for which contracts have 
been executed, services performed or advice given include: War, 

Navy, Treasury, Agriculture, Justice, and State Departments, 

Library of Congress, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs, OWI, Federal Communications Commission, etc. 

John E. Abbot, Executive Vice-President of the Museum, has worked 
with the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the Advisory Com¬ 
mittee of the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office of Greater New 
York and the OWI. Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum's Exhibi¬ 
tions Department and the Department of Publications has worked with 
the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and with the Civil Aero¬ 
nautics Administration. Nelson Rockefeller, former President of 
the Museum, is now with the State Department. 




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Ml!r“ e ^ a r n !; ie * ?q7o 0aUed Upon the Film Library Archives many 
voluntnri f, Sh ? U 7 S 42 “ d 1943 ' as one exam i le . this department 
^ ln i ne ?J ln a ? tlve dual service in the War Depart- 
"t ■ i^orm^^°^ ^ ^ innumarabla showings of motion pictures 

1 J’I, pr ° Pagandic nature to Army personnel and, 
second, through providing film for actual use in production of 
training, morale, orientation and other films. The Naw Depart- 
tfo^’h he ° ffice °f Strategic Services, the Office of War Irforma- 

(Official Ste?eme^j y th ° Ugh S ° eXtenSively 

With the cooperation of the National Committee on Housing the De¬ 
partment of Architectural Design sponsored an exhibition in 1942 
called Wartime Housing." The same year it held an exhibition of 
camouflage, a field in which there was a need for information. It 
promoted the design, production and critical study of war posters 
by means of three large competitions, ten exhibitions and one 
publication. Propaganda for freedom was the object of the Museum 
exhibition "Road to Victory." 


•’The war expanded the work of the Educational Program in two un- 
expected directions. Last year, a group of alert teachers appealed 
to the Museum for direction and leadership in promoting the future 
of art education threatened during the crisis. The result was a 
committee called the "Committee on Art in American Education and 
Society"'which was sponsored by the Museum." (Official statement.) 
This committee holds meetings and forums at the Museum and con¬ 
stitutes a working group which produces publications, makes ex¬ 
hibitions on art education and creates new courses. 

Coincident with the formation of the Committee were requests from 
organizations in the Armed Services and voluntary groups for assis¬ 
tance in producing art materials to be used among service men and 
in new defense centers. In cooperation with the Committee, the 
Museum organized twelve exhibitions, three slide talks and eight 
art sets (such as sculpture kits) for service men. Recently the 
Museum has sponsored a War Veterans' Art Center, at 681 Fifth Avenue, 
where veterans can learn and practice the arts of painting, sculp¬ 
ture, ceramics, design, silk screen painting, etc., all free of 
charge. 


The Armed Services Program has a threefold aim: to provide facili¬ 
ties and materials for soldier artists in camps throughout the coun¬ 
try; to make use of the talent of American artists for therapeutic 
work among disabled soldiers and sailors; and to make the Museum's 
facilities available for the entertainment of men in the armed 
services and merchant navies of the allied nations. 



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MEMBERSHIP : Resident: $10 

Non-Resident: $10 

Foreign: $15 

Participating Resident: $15 

Associate: $25 

Fellow: $100 

Life: $1000 

A new group membership available to educational institutions at 
$15 a year allows discounts on purchases or rental fees for exhi- 
bitions, slide talks, publications, films and other services. 
Non-resident and foreign members receive four major publications 
each year as well as the Bulletin. 


PUBLICATIONS : The Museum publishes for its members the Museum 
Bulletin , scheduled to appear six times a year. The active publi¬ 
cations department publishes about six books a year, usually in 
connection with exhibitions. Books on painting and sculpture, 
individual artists, architecture and miscellaneous related sub¬ 
jects include: 

Art in Progress , a survey of all the Museum’s activities, 
nation-wide as well as metropolitan - $3.75. 

Britain at War - $1.25 


The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art - $2.00. 

Modern Masters from European and American Collections - $.35. 

La Fintura Contemporanea Norteamericana with text in Spanish 

$ 1 . 50 . 

S 

Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art - $1 .50. 

What is Modem lainting? - $.75. 

Feininger-Hartlev - $2.50. 

Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art - $3.75. 

Georges Roualt - $3.00. 

Tchelitchew - $2.25. 


Brazil Builds: Architecture New and Old - $6.00. 
Built in U.S.A. - $3.00. 


What is Modern Architecture? - $.50. 
Photography: A Short Critical History - $3.00. 
























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The Museum puts out a series of color reproductions which sell 
for $.25 each, some large reproductions priced from $3 to $20 
each and a variety of postcards. 





MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 


An organization devoted to the collection, 
tion of all materials related to the art of 


preservation and administra- 
music. 


Catherine V. Nimitz, Secretary 
The Public Library 
Washington 1, D. C. 


Telephone: National 6776 


Edward N. Waters, Library of Congress, President 

EEBE2§|: "To promote the establishment, growth and use of music librar- 
cl 8 .and collections of music and musical literature in the United 
States and Canada", and "to initiate and encourage studies aiming to 
improve the organization, administration and contents of such libraries 

°n t0 coo P er * te with organizations 

in related fields." (Official statement) 


OR GANIZATION : The MLA had its origins in 1931. By 1942 its activi¬ 
ties had so broadened that the Arts Reference Round Table of the 
American Library Association formally relinquished into MLA hands 
all its music activities. MLA now has about 450 members, both indi¬ 
vidual and institutional, including a majority of the music collec¬ 
tions and interests of the United States and Canada. 


The organization is divided into 8 regional chapters and works through 
approximately twenty committees each with its own chairman. National 
officers of the Association are Edward N. Waters, Library of Congress, 
president; Otto E. Albrecht, University of Pennsylvania, vice-president; 
Catherine V. Nimitz, Public Library of Washington, D. C., secretary- 
treasurer; and two members-at-large, Helen E. Bush of the Library of 
Congress and Richard S. Angell of Columbia University. 

MLA attempts to service all music consumers "from the juvenile music 
student to the candidate for a doctoral degree, from the private 
music teacher to tht learned musicologist, from the rabid jitterbug 
to the lover of string quartet and tymphony." The Association affords 
an opportunity for music and general librarians, for civic groups, 
choral and orchestral socieities, for educational institutions, radio, 
film and commercial companies to obtain and exchange advice in solving 
“usic library problems. It has contributed substantially to the solu¬ 
tion of the technical and administrative problems of music collections. 


Working committees of the Association: committee on subject headings 
(to devise subject headings applicable to music and acceptable to a 
majority of libraries); committee on periodical indexing (to devise 
ways and means of analyzing music periodicals and to index carefully 
selected journals); periodical committee (to compile an annotated 
list of music periodicals, first in Ehglish, then in foreign languages, 
and to secure better representation for music in standard periodical 






MOSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 


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indexes); committee on information (to supply data on music library 
practice, technique and administration); and other administrative 
committees concerned with Regional Organization, Inter-Library Re¬ 
lations and Program* 

Specific projects include the preparation of an Index to Music Periodi ¬ 
cals . consisting at present of 400,000 cards based on 99 music periodi¬ 
cals, a bibliography of music periodicals and a check-list of thematic 
indexes. MLA also maintains a microfilm archive of MSS and other rare 
materials in the United States and other countries. (Copies by sub¬ 
scription) 

The Music Library Association is a member of the Council of National 
Library Associations and the National Music Council and is affiliated 
with the American Library Association. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The MLA has encouraged librarians "to make musi¬ 
cal materials available to service men, to acquire, whenever possible, 
music which shall be only intended for service men, to provide phono¬ 
graph records and phonograph concerts for service men, to give pre¬ 
ferential treatment to service men so far as each member's administra¬ 
tion allows." In 1942 the Army Library Service issued a classified 
bibliography entitled Books on Music: a List of Recent Titles Suggested 
for Considera t ion for Army Libraries which was prepared by the Associa- 
tion. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; The MLA has members in Canada, Great Britain 
and South Africa and maintains contact with the Library Association 
in England. It has a Committee on Inter-American Library Relations 
making contacts with music libraries and collectors in Latin America. 

The President of the MLA feels that it is important for various foreign 
library associations to be informed about the association here. 0WI 
is facilitating the distribution of MLA material overseas. 

POSTWAR PROJECTS ; Preliminary investigation has started which, it is 
hoped, will lead to highly important publications. They will be 
announced when planning is further advanced. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is open to all persons actively engaged in 
music library work or having a serious interest in the stated purposes 
of the Association. Operating expenses are covered by membership 
dues ($3.00 manually) and income from the sale of publications. 

Members receive all issues of Notes , official quarterly journal of 
the MLA, and may attend meetings and vote upon the business of the 
Association. An annual meeting plus additional meetings are held 
during the year, at least one being in conjunction with the annual 
summer conference of the American Library Association, with which the 
MLA is affiliated. For the duration of the war these meetings have 











been suspended. 


MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 


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H pLICATIONS : Notes, a journal published four times a year, contains 
minutes, reports, papers and articles as well as advertisements by 
members of duplicate and rare items for exchange. The Journal is free 
to members and $.50 per copy to non members. 


Code for Cataloging Muslr in five chapters: 


Chapter 1 (Entry and Heading).. 

Chapter 2 (Title). 

Chapter 3 (Imprint). 

Chapter 4 (Collation).. 

Chapter 5 (Notes). 

Supplementary chapter on cataloging 
phonograph records.. 


40 * 

40* 

20 * 

50* 

50* 


Music an d Libraries (Collection of essays) 


60* 

$1.00 























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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND CONDUCTORS , INC. 

An organization furthering the music of America. 

15 West 67th Street Telephone: Susquehanna 7-0100 

New York, N. Y. 

Leon Barzin, President 

PURPOSE : "To develop and encourage American musical talent and 
also to provide opportunities whenever possible for the present¬ 
ation of American music." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The NAACC was founded in 1933 by the late Henry 
Hadley, American composer. Its membership now numbers more than 
400 cooperating composers and conductors with approximately 200 
professional, associate, cooperating and sustaining members. 

The Association is governed by a board of some 40 directors and 
by officers and carries on its work through nine committees: 
programs, membership, social activities, library, finance, pub¬ 
lications, conductors, printing and awards. Leon Barzin, mus¬ 
ical director of the National Orchestral Association, is pres¬ 
ident of the Association. 

The organization presents a series of concert? in New York and 
Philadelphia each year and is active in obtaining the present¬ 
ation of American compositions by orchestras and performers, 
in concert and on the radio. It also makes awards and citations 
to those performing outstanding services to American music. 

During the last year, with the cooperation of New York’s Mus¬ 
eum of Modern Art, the Association gave five evening programs 
of musical films, showing the development of American music in 
scores for motion pictures. An experiment of the last season 
was a series of three conferences of American composers with 
executives of the recording companies, conductors and music 
publishers held at the headquarters of the Association. 

The Association sponsors the Henry Hadley Memorial Library, 
which was formally opened February 12, 1944, in its permanent 
quarter? at the music division of the New York Public Library. 
With few exceptions, all opera, orchestra and chamber music 
scores by American composers which had belonged to the Public 
Library prior to the acquisition of the Hadley collection 
were taken from their former places in the library stacks and 
added to the Hadley scores on the open shelves in the Ameri¬ 
can room. This merger has tripled the number of works in the 









NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND CONDUCTORS -2- 


collection and has made readily available to conductors and program 
makers, as well as to students, a most comprehensive collection of 
major works of American composers. Publishers and composers are con¬ 
tinuing to deposit new scores in the library, so that its growth is 
continuous. 

MEMBERSHIP : Open to American composers and conductors, to artists, 
amateurs and laymen who are interested in furthering the music of 
America. Classes of membership: professional at $5 annually; assoc¬ 
iate, $5 annually; cooperating, $10 annually; sustaining, $25 annually 
and life, $100. 

PUBLICATION: 


Annual Bulletin, 










NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD VANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 


t0 Sa 5 egUard the f “ 11 Political, civil and legal 
rights of colored citizens and secure for them equality of opportunity. 


69 Fifth Avenue 
New York 3 , N. Y. 


Telephone: Algonquin 4-3550 


Miss Julia Baxter, Director of Division of 
Research and Information 


P URPOSE : 1) To end lynching; 2) To end peonage and the debt slavery of 
southern sharecroppers and tenant farmers; 3) To secure the vote for 
Negroes everywhere in the U. S.; 4) To abolish injustices in legal pro¬ 
cedure, particularly criminal procedure, based solely on color or race; 

5) To secure equitable distribution of funds for education; 6) To abolish 
segregation, discrimination, insult and humiliation based on race or color 
7; To equalize the opportunity to work in all fields with equal pay for 
equal work; 8) To abolish discrimination against Negroes in the exercise 
8 r J‘ ght of \ collect i v e bargaining through membership in organi¬ 
zed labor unions ; 9) To hasten the winning of the war and the peace by 
halting the dissipation of manpower brought about by discrimination in 
war industries and in the Armed Forces of the United States. 


2. ^ NIZATI P ^ i At the time of the establishing of the Association in 
1909, among the many public-spirited individuals who gave support and 
encouragement, Oswald Garrison Villard, then president of the New ^ork 
Evening Post Company, played an outstanding part. 

The Association now has between 350,000 and 400,000 members in approxi¬ 
mately 900 branches. These include youth branches, of which there are 
24 college chapters and 123 non-college youth councils in 42 states 
and the District of Columbia. If the group meets national require¬ 
ments, a branch charter is granted when 50 or more people request it. 
The largest branch, which is in Detroit, has a membership of 20,697. 

The states are grouped into five "regions”. State, regional, and 
youth conferences are held. 


NAACP 3 income is derived primarily from memberships and contributions, 
chiefly from the former. Part of the membership fee is retained by 
national headquarters, part goes to the individual branch treasury. 
Present officers include* president, Arthur B. Spingarn, New York 
lawyer; chairman, board of directors, Dr. Louis T. Wright, chief sur¬ 
geon, Harlem Hospital, New York; chairman, legal committee, Dr. William 
H. Hastie, dean of School of Law, Howard University; director. Dr. 

W. E. B. DuBois, department of special research, former head of the 
Department of Sociology, Atlanta University. 

OPERATIONS: The principal divisions and committees of the national 
body are those dealing with legislation, legal affairs, labor matters, 
propaganda analysis, field and branch organization work, youth work, 
postwar international problems, publicity, and the Association^ offi- 






NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE -2- 


cial organ, The Crisis . In addition to these, a Veterans Division was 
organized in January, 1945. 

The legal work, one of the Association's most important activities, 
is of two general types* (l) cases in which there is injustice sole¬ 
ly because of race or color, and (2) cases involving the establishing 
of a precedent which will benefit Negroes in general. (It is empha¬ 
sized that NAACP is not a "legal aid society", that it does not take 
up "every case of every person who gets in trouble".) This Work is 
under the direction of the organization's national legal committee, 
which consists of 27 lawyers, white and Negro, in 17 cities. 

The Association maintains a Washington Bureau to study, in the interest 
of Negroes, Congressional bills and resolutions and policies of Federal 
departments and agencies having to do with the Armed Forces, employment, 
housing, etc.; and to cooperate with other organizations whose objec¬ 
tives are similar to its own. 

Among the achievements of the Association, it numbers the following* 

(1) the first organized nation-wide campaign against lynching result¬ 
ing in sharp reduction of this shame of America; (2) 21 victories 

before the U. S. Supreme Court affirming principles vital to all 
American citizens; (3) establishing the right of Negroes to attend 
universities or receive equal educational facilities in the South; (4) 
initiating a successfully campaign to equalize the salaries of Negro and 
white teachers in the South; (5) drafting a model Civil Rights Act 
in New York State which has served as a model in other states; (6) in¬ 
ternational education campaign conducted through lectures, press ser¬ 
vice, mass meetings, millions of pieces of literature, Crisis magasine, 
monthly newspaper The Bulletin , books and magazine articles; (7) an¬ 
nual award of Spingarn Medal calling the world's attention to Negro 
achievement; (8) defense of the Negro from court injustice on the 
grounds of race in hundreds of cases; (9) rallying of Negro voters to 
independent political action on the basis of men and issues instead 
of party affiliation. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? The Association has no branches, as such, 
outside the United States. It has, however, some foreign members, main¬ 
ly ^ ana ^ a * Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, also many members in the 
U. S. Armed Forces. Membership is open to anyone in any country. 

The organization is interested in the political and economic welfare 
of depressed classes in all countries. It is interested at the moment 
in the intentions of United Nations governments with respect to the 
future of the native races in the nations' colonies. 


Minimum membership 


$ 1.00 







NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVA1 


OF COLORED PEOPTJ: - 3 - 


Minimum membership and The Crisis $2.50 
Blue certificate membership $5.00 

Gold certificate membership $10.00 

Contributing members $25.00 

Donor. $100.00 

Life Members $500.00 

****** 

su bscription ) * " OBthly ' ll * 5 ° * ^ r > a cony, forelm 

. . e N^AgP Byfllgtlp - monthly, October-Julyj bi-monthly, 

August-September, 5* a copy. Sent to all members. Most widely cir- 
Neer ° Paper in th * United States; circulation more than 

j J 000 e 















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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING OFFICIALS 

A membership organization interested in public and private housing ad- 
mini stration 0 


1313 East 60th Street Telephones Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37, Illinois 

Hugh R 0 Pomeroy, Executive Director 

PURPOSE S To improve administrative standards and practices in all pub¬ 
lic activity in housing, particularly for families of low and moderate 
income, by assisting housing officials and other interested persons 0 

ORGANIZATIONS s The National Association of Housing Officials, which 
was founded in 1933, is the recognized professional organization for 
collecting, sifting and circulating the growing body of facts, experience 
and opinions on housing methods and practices 0 It has regional coun¬ 
cils throughout the United States, which sponsor the formation of local 
chapterso It participates in the activities and services of the Public 
Administration Clearing House 0 

The Association assists educational institutions in giving professional 
training for housing management, sponsors special conferences on subjects 
of particular interest, and holds annual national meetings for discussion 
of major points of housing policy and administration„ In addition there 
are about eight annual regional meetings for discussion of relatively 
detailed administrative problems 0 

All committees of the Association, other than those dealing with its 
own internal affairs, are grouped under four major headings: housing 
policy, planning design and construction, management, and intergovern¬ 
mental relationshipso 

Its policies are determined by the Board of Governors, which is made up 
of active officials in federal, state, and local housing agencies«, It 
is financed by membership dues, sale of publications, conference fees, 
and grants from foundations interested in the advancement of public 
administration 0 

Among the officers and staff are Howard L 0 Holtzendorff, president; 

James L 0 Stephenson, vice-president; Alfred H 0 Fletcher, vice-president; 
Elizabeth Yiood, treasurer; Hugh R u Pomeroy, executive director,, 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The Association is a member of the International 
Federation for Housing and Town Planning, which has headquarters at 
13 Suffolk St„, Haymarket, London, S 0 W 0 1 0 The Executive Director of the 
Association is a member of the American Committee for the International 
Union of Local Authorities and is also a Vice-Chairman of the Architects’ 






NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING OFFICIALS -2 


Committee of the National Council of Soviet-American Friendship. In 
addition, the Association maintains a number of exchange memberships 
with (and complimentary memberships for) housing agencies and libraries 
in various parts of the world 0 

MEMBERSHIP ? Individual membership is open to board and staff members 
of public housing agencies and to all other interested persons. 

Agency and management division memberships are also available. Dues 
for individuals are $5<>00 and $10.00 a year (with sustaining member¬ 
ships at $25.00 and upward per year); for agencies, dues are based on 
the number of dwelling units owned by a public housing agency, start¬ 
ing at $20.00 as a minimum. At present, the Association has 2100 
individual and 208 agency members. 

PUBLICATIONS : Journal of Housing , monthly. 

Washington Housing Letter , weekly. 

Selected Bibliography on Housing Management . 1941. 50^. 
Community Relations in Urban Low-Rent Housing . 1940. 50£. 
Public Relations of Local Housing Authorities . 1941. $1.00. 
Housing for the United States after the War . 1944. 50£. 

Directory of Housing Agencies (and Summary of the Housing 

Year), 1945, $1.50. 

Numerous other publications in the field. 












NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS, IN C. 

National organization of women painters and sculptors. 

42 West 57 th Street Telephone: Circle 7-6?90 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Miss Josephine Droege, Executive Secretary 

HTHPOSE: "To give women throughout the country an opportunity to 
show and market their work, and to further the general interest in 
art in America." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Association is one of the oldest art organiza- 
tions in America. It is the outgrowth of a pioneer organization 
known as the Woman's Art Club, founded by five young women who met 
in a Washington Square studio on January 31 , 1889. The organiza¬ 
tion now has a membership of about 800 and is represented in 44 
states. 

Since 1930» the Association has occupied its present headquarters, 
the Argent Galleries, in the heart of New York's art center. The 
administrative offices are housed here and the attractive galler¬ 
ies, reserved for three or four general exhibitions of the members' 
work during the year, are devoted to one-man or small group shows 
by both men and women artists. The present president of the 
Association is Beth Creevey Hamm. 

Among the activities of the Association are: (l) the annual ex¬ 
hibition of current art by women artists at which large money 
prizes are given; ( 2 ) three general exhibitions of members' work 
held at the Argent Galleries; ( 3 ) rotary shows sent throughout the 
country to museums and galleries; (4) sketch classes for members, 
lectures, art demonstrations, member teas held at the Argent 
Galleries. 

piTEhKATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Exhibitions have been sent to Hawaii, 
South America and England. The Association is interested in ex¬ 
panding this activity to cover other foreign countries. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are two classes of members: 

(1) Exhibiting : members whose work is passed by ad- 

missions Jury which meets in October and 
March. Initiation fee: $20.00. Yearly 
dues: $ 10 . 00 . 

(2) Associates: members who have all the privi- 

leges except exhibiting. Yearly dues: 

$ 10.00 or $ 25 . 00 . 










NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS INC. -2- 


RJBLICATIONS: 


Annuel Catalogue 

Formerly published, a news bulletin, which has. been 
discontinued for the duration. 





NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS, INC . 

A charitable 9 non-profit printing house for the blind, 

50 Congress Street Telephones Capitol 0481 

Boston 9 9 Massachusetts 

Francis B 0 Ierardi, Managing Director 

PURPOSE? "The educational and charitable purposes of embossing, printing 
and circulating in the United States and Canada, reading matter for the 
blind, or promoting finger reading, and of assisting the blind to 
become happier and better informed citizens of their communities," 

ORGANIZATION % The National Braille Press was organized in 1927 and 
incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 
1929o It is wholly dependent upon voluntary contributions from friends 
of the blind throughout the United States and Canada 0 Money raised 
to support the organization serves a double purpose 0 Of the twenty- 
seven employees on the staff , fourteen are without sight, thereby making 
it possible for these handicapped people to become self-supporting and 
independent, and at the same time providing literature which is not 
available from any other printing house for the blind 0 The officers of 
the organization includes Charles Boyden, president and treasurer? 

MrSo Homer Gage, vice president? ‘William Bayne, second vice-president? 

Mrso Richard D 0 Fay 5 secretary? Francis B 0 Ierardi, managing director, 

OPERATIONS ? The National Braille Press, Inc, publishes for free distri¬ 
bution, the Weekly News (Braille Grade 2), a current events magazine to 
keep the blind informed on current topics of interest, political and 
scientific matters, and other subjects of world-wide interest? the Our 
Special (Braille Grade l^), a monthly magazine containing matters of Interest 
for blind women, the contents of which include short stories, editorials, 
styles, health hints, cooking recipes, handicraft, and various other 
topics? the Home Teacher (Braille Grade 2), a professional magazine for 
the blind teachers who teach the blind in their homes and social workers 
who are working with and for the blind. 

The Press publishes at cost for other private charitable organizations 
the following periodicals? The Jewish Braille Review (Braille Grade 2), 
monthly except July, This magazine is devoted primarily to matters of 
cultural interest for the benefit of the Jewish blind? the Braille 
Musician (Braille Grade 2), a bimonthly published and printed for the 
benefit of blind musicians and others who are interested in music? the 
Catholic Review , quarterly? the Catholic Readers ; Digegt, three volumes, 
published monthly and the Catholic Messenger , monthly, a children* s 
magazine, (The latter three are printed in Braille Grade l£). 














national braille PRESS, INC , -2~ 

Prior to the war many of these publications were sent to Ehglish speaking 
or reading individuals and schools for the blind in Canada, Mexico, all 
the South American countries, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Portugal, 
Egypt, Palestine, Germany, Austria, Hungary, India, China, Japan, South 
Africa, Australia, and New Zealand 0 

Since the magazines are sent free to readers, there is no subscription 
charge and as these publications carry no advertisements, they are allow¬ 
ed through the mails within the United States free of charge 0 

The Press will be glad to send any of these magazines free to readers of 
Braille, who are desirous of receiving them 0 Requests should be addressed 
to 50 Congress Street, Boston 9, Mass„ 

Recently "Seeing Fingers", a descriptive twenty-five minute talking 
film, describing the mechanics, the historical growth and development, 
and the standardization of Braille as the "tool of the blind," has 
been produced by the Pressj 20 prints have been distributed throughout 
the country, especially in colleges and schools as an educational 
features The YoM 0 C 0 A 0 in New York distributes it through factories, 
clubs, etCo Its object is to acquaint seeing people with the problem 
of communication of the blind, and the tools and equipment in the form 
of Braille and methods of writing Braille used by the blind to overcome 
their handicap and adjust more readily into the world of the seeing 0 
This film will be loaned upon request, the only cost is the express 
charges to and from the office of the National Braille Press 0 

The Hand Braille Transcribing Division was opened in 1943« For many 
years this work was done by the American Red Cross, The purpose of this 
Department is to teach seeing volunteers to transcribe ink print text 
into Braille 0 This service is used by high school and college students 
when text books are not available in Braille, During this period more 
than 400 volunteers have taken this course but not all have graduated. 

The courses are free and the only expense incurred by the volunteer is the 
cost of equipment, registration, and the paper,. Transcriptions have been 
made from French, German, Italian, Greek, Latin and other languages 0 



NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
A voluntary organization of Catholic educators 0 

1312 Massachusetts Ave 0 , N. W. Telephone: Republic 3553 

Washington 5, D. C. 

Very Rev. Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt 
General Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To keep in the minds of the people the necessity of religious 
instruction and training as a basis of morality and sound education; and 
to promote the principles and safeguard the interests of Catholic 
education" (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : Established in 1904, the National Catholic Educational Asso¬ 
ciation has an individual and institutional membership of 3,384° It is 
supported by membership fees and contributions 0 Its headquarters are loca¬ 
ted in the National Catholic 7/elf are Conference with whom it cooperates in 
its activitieso The Association is also affiliated with the American 
Council on Education, the National Committee on Education by Radio, Liaison 
Committee for International Education and the Advisory Committee to the 
Office of American Republic Affairs 0 

The activities of the Association are conducted by the following autonomous 
Departments: Seminary (for advanced training); Minor Seminary, College and 
University (5 regional units: New England, Eastern, Mid-West, Southern, 
Western); Secondary School (4 regional units: Mid-Atlantic, South, Central, 
California); Elementary School; Catholic Deaf Education; and Blind Edu- 
cation 0 Each Department elects its own officers from whom are chosen the 
officers of the general Executive Board 0 The Board appoints a general 
secretary; the president general, who is usually a Bishop, is elected an¬ 
nually by ballot in a general meeting of the Association. 

OPERATIONS : The Association promotes study, research and cooperative acti¬ 
vities among Catholic educators. Regional and national conferences provide 
an open forum for discussion of problems in education. Committees are ap¬ 
pointed to study particular phases of Catholic educational work. The Asso¬ 
ciation seeks to promote the teaching of religion in every branch of edu¬ 
cation, and, in this connection, conducts special teacher-training projects 
in methodology. 

In advancing the general interests of Catholic education, the Association 
acquaints itself with current educational trends and represents its members 
in discussion and action on questions of national importance, such as federal 
aid to education, peacetime conscription, etc. 






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A Committee on Educational Reorganization is studying possible changes in 
the Catholic educational system, taking into consideration the effect of the 
war acceleration and current trends in secular systems, 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; In international exchanges, the Association 
works with the American Council on Education, It publishes a Quarterly Bul¬ 
letin which it will exchange with foreign periodicals or send to interested 
groups abroad, 

iViDvlBiRSHU : General membership - $2,00 

School superintendents and elementary school departments - $5,00 

Academies of less than 250 enrollment - $5,00 

Academies of over 250 enrollment - $10,00 

Institutional membership - $25,00 

Sustaining membership - $10,00 

PUBLICATIONS : Quarterly Bulletin . $1,00 per year, 

NCEA News Letter 

College and High School Quarterlies , provided only for members 
of these two Departments, 

Additional pamphlets, research data, etc. 










NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE 


An official agency of the hierarchy whose operating staff functions 
as a "secretariat for the bishops of the United States." 

1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Telephone: Republic 3553 

Washington 5, D. C. 

Rev. Paul F. Tanner, Assistant General Secretary 

PURPOSE: "Unifying, coordinating and organizing the Catholic people 
of the United States in works of education, social welfare, immigrant 
aid and other activities." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Bishops in General Meeting in 1919 authorized the 
formation of the National Catholic Welfare Conference as an 'extra- 
canonical * organization coordinating specific activities in the 
United States. 

The Conference is directed by an Administrative Board of ten arch¬ 
bishops and bishops elected at the general meeting. The members of 
the Administrative Board serve as chairman, secretary and treasurer 
of the Executive Department, and as episcopal chairmen of the several 
operating departments. These operating departments serve the affilia¬ 
ted lay groups—the National Council of Catholic Women, the National 
Council of Catholic Men and the National Catholic Youth Council. The 
headquarters of these groups are permanently established at the Con¬ 
ference. The Conference thus serves as a channel for the interchange 
of information and service between the clergy and the laity in 
their common work for the Church and for the welfare of the -nation. 

The activities of the Conference, conducted through +he Departments, 
are coordinated by the office of the General Secretary, the Very Rev. 
Msgr. Howard J. Carroll, S. T. D., who is responsible to the chair¬ 
man of the Administrative Board, the Most Rev. Edward Mooney, Arch¬ 
bishop of Detroit. The Conference is financed through the bishops, 
except the lay and youth organizations which are financed by their 
lay members. 

OPERATIONS: The Executive Department of the National Catholic 
Welfare Conference is directed by the General Secretary, and performs 
operating services for the other Departments. The Executive Depart¬ 
ment publishes the official magazine of NCWC, Catholic Action , and, 
through the Information Bureau, provides releases to the American 
press. 


The Bureau of Immigration, under the Executive Department, offers 







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aid to Catholic immigrants in problems of naturalization, citizenship, 
etc. and has a follow-up service with agents in most of the dioceses 
to help immigrants in their religious and social adjustment to the 
United States. The Bureau provides services for the Catholic Com¬ 
mittee for Refugees and War Relief Services, an affiliate of the Con¬ 
ference. The Bureau has representatives at the Mexican border, in 
New York, and several corresponding branches abroad. The National 
Center of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine has prepared out¬ 
lines and texts for individual study as well as for discussion groups, 
covering the Bible, the liturgy, Church doctrine and history, the Mass 
and the teaching of religion in the home. The Family Life Bureau 
prepares material and arranges for the National Conferences on Family 
Life. 

The Department of Education acts as a clearing house for Catholic 
educational agencies. Its Library Service answers requests for in¬ 
formation on Catholic education. It conducts research, advises 
Catholic Schools and maintains a Teacher Placement Service. The 
Inter-American Collaboration Section, working closely with the Depart¬ 
ment of State and the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, secures 
scholarships for Latin-American students in Catholic colleges and 
universities} 181 such scholarships were provided in 1944-1945. 

The Press Department provides the weekly Catholic press in the 
United States and abroad with news and features, editorial and pic¬ 
torial services gathered and prepared by a staff of news writers, edi¬ 
tors and correspondents maintained in most countries. The NCWC 
News Service in English, or Noticlas Catolicas in Spanish, is a 
service of 50,000 words weekly. It is also furnished to American 
periodicals by subscription and to OWI as the basis for its weekly 
Catholic News Letter . 

The Social Action Department, through published materials, conferences 
labor schools, special meetings and programs organized throughout the 
country, has made available materials and facilities to help lay 
organizations to a better understanding of the problems of social 
welfare and the fundamentals of international relations and a just 
peace. The Department cooperates with the Catholic Association for 
International Peace and the Catholic Conference on Industrial Prob¬ 
lems (described elsewhere in the Directory). It also works with the 
Catholic Rural Life Conference, and carries on activities in civic 
education and with minority groups. The Department conducted an In¬ 
ter-American Seminar on Social Studies in 1942 and is planning another 
meeting to be held in 1945 in Latin America. 

The I^gal Department maintains a record of federal legislation, en¬ 
acted and proposed, exchanges legislative information with other 






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Departments of the Conference and with interested organizations and 
individuals in the United States and abroad. The Legal Department 
also works in conjunction with many federal agencies in solving war¬ 
time problems, and represents the interests of Catholic institutions 
throughout the country. 

The Youth Department of the Conference promotes the National Catholic 
Youth Council, the federating agency for all existing approved Catholic 
youth groups. The Diocesan Youth Councils, the National Federation 
of Catholic College Students and the Newman Club Federations are the 
Council's principal constituents. The Department offers guidance for 
the establishment of Diocesan and Parish Youth Councils and for the 
training of leaders. It also contacts and evaluates all national 
governmental and non-governmental youth organizations and youth serv¬ 
ing agencies, and publishes the Catholic Youth Directory , a comprehen¬ 
sive listing of national, regional and diocesan youth organizations. 

The Lay Organizations Department, composed of the National Council 
oft Catholic Men and the National Council of Catholic Women, is the 
channel through which the laity participates in the program of the 
Conference. The National Council of Catholic Men consists of the rep¬ 
resentatives of various Catholic men's organizations, primarily the 
diocesan councils, Holy Name Societies, Catholic Order of Foresters, 
etc. A notable activity of NCCM is its Radio Bureau which produces 
two programs* "The Catholic Hour", broadcast over the NBC network, 
and the "Hour of Faith", a program of the American Broadcasting Com¬ 
pany. The National Council of Catholic Women is a federation of 
Catholic women's organizations. The National Council of Catholic 
Women is affiliated with the International Union of Catholic Women's 
Leagues. A most important operating activity is the National Catholic 
School of Social Service which is soonsored by the Council in Washington, 
D. C. 

PUBLICATIONS * Catholic Action , official magazine. Monthly. $2.00 
per year, $ 2.25 abroad. 

Set of Encyclicals of Pone Pius XI and XII (1926-19AA) . $ 3 . 

The Family Today. $1.00. 

Principles for Peace - 1878-19A3 . excerpts from peace 
pronouncements of the last five Popes. $7.50. 

Bishops Statement on International Order , with study 
outlines. 10 £ a copy, available in bulk. 

The Conference publishes extensive material in the 
fields of* Catholic action, family life, education, industrial life, 
inter-American relations, rural life, Christian democracy, youth, etc. 

Its publications are listed in a printed bibliography available on 
request. 












NATIONAL CIO WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE 


A special fund raising committee of the CI0 o 

1776 Broadway Telephones Columbus 5-2372 

New York 19, N 0 Y 0 


Irving Abramsong Chairman 
Leo Perils, National Director 

PURPOSES To raise funds from CIO members for domestic and foreign 
war relief purposes and, in the process, to integrate the workers 
into their community through representations, participation and 
community serviceso 

ORGANIZATION S The fourth convention of the CIO in Detroit in 
November s 1941, authorized the establishment of the Committee 
to coordinate its war relief activities 0 The program is super- 
vised by an Executive Committee headed by Irving Abramson, 
President of the New Jersey CIO council, and a staff in New 
York who organize and coordinate the field activites 0 There 
are 24 area directors working through two regional offices in 
Washington and Chicago 0 The National Director is Leo Perils 
who sits as a board member on many relief groups with which the 
CIO Committee works 0 

The Committee is registered with the President 0 s War Relief 
Control Board and is a member of the American Council of Volun¬ 
tary Agencies for Foreign Service 0 Together with the AFL, the 
CIO Committee is considered a cooperating agency of the National 
War Fund and of the American Red Cross and works in constant 
liaison with both groups „ The Committee directs special drives to 
raise contributions from CIO members for the American Red Cross 
and National War Fund who receive the money and repay the Com¬ 
mittee for its administrative expenses 0 

Through this liaison* CIO representatives are placed on the 
boards and on the executive and budget committees of national 
state and local welfare agencies* giving labor a voice in the 
determination of their policies and programs„ (Labor partici¬ 
pation in the leadership of community welfare activities has in¬ 
creased from 90 to an estimated 4000 individuals 0 ) Unions are 
able to carry fund raising activities to the workers into mines, 
mills and factories in plant-wide campaigns 0 

In 1944, CIO 9 s contributions through the Committee 9 s programs 
reached $35,000,000 o The contribution is divided on the same 
basis as the total sums raised by the Community Chest and Red 
Cross War Fund campaigns 0 More than half of the sums raised by 
both groups remain in the communities where they were raised 0 





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Funds which remain in the community aid servicemen* s families, 
provide health services, help social and welfare agencies and 
make CIO members better acquainted with the programs and faci¬ 
lities of their local community groups* The balance of the 
contributions is sent to the Red Cross and to the National War 
Fund where, in the latter c&se, 61 % goes to American relief 
agencies - the United Seamen* s Service, USO and War Prisoner* s 
Aid - and 36 % is distributed to foreign relief agencies* 

The foreign activities of the Committee are conducted together 
with the AFL under a special label, Labor*s War Relief Frogram 0 
All overseas projects are carried out under this joint AFL-CIO 
arrangement and are administered by labor trustees in the coun¬ 
try to be aidedo These trustees have been approved by the labor 
groups, the War Relief Control Board, the National War Fund and 
in special cases by the Wnr Refugee Board* The projects are sub¬ 
mitted before being executed, to labor representatives of the for¬ 
eign countries who are now in the United States 0 After the pro¬ 
jects have been carefully worked out in consultation, they are 
submitted to the member-agency for that country of the National 
War Fund, to the President 9 s War Relief Control Board and fre¬ 
quently also to the War Refugee Board* Since much of the foreign 
relief program has involved the underground organizations, this 
part of the program remains confidentialo 

The Committee maintains no special offices abroad, but the CIO 
has two representatives in London who make the necessary con¬ 
tacts* 

Overseas operations in England provide "rest-break” homes, can¬ 
teens and camps for war workers and clubs for the merchant seamen 
of the United States and Allied countries* On continental Europe 
aid is given to families of executed anti-fascists and prisoners, 
men, women and children who have been in concentration camps and 
slave labor battalions and refugee women and children* Money goes 
to China for underground railroads bringing workers from occupied 
to free China, for welfare centers, hostels and better food and 
equipment for hospitals* Money goes to India (administered by 
the Quakers) for milk, medicines and drugs to rebuild famine vic¬ 
tims; to Palestine, for subsidies for existing hospitals and 
medical aid for families of workers, servicemen and refugees; to 
Russia, for vitally needed clothing for civilians, especially 
orphans* 

The Committee, through its Servicemen and Veteran* s division, 
contributes to military camp recreation facilities and educational 
programs, gives aid to families of servicemen, and has helped 



NATIONAL CIO f,AR RELIEF COMMITTEE 


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to establish special labor canteens 0 It publishes educational 
literature dealing with the problems of servicemen and veterans 
among which are the Serviceman ■ a Manual ,, a Public Affairs pam~ 
phlet which it distributed; The New Veteran ,, an information bulle¬ 
tin explaining the veteran program and services; and n A8o H a 
monthly news review of the Committee 9 s activities,, These publi¬ 
cations are distributed and mailed to servicemen and to groups 
working with them* The Committee is distributing also a Veteran 9 s 
Guide dealing with the G 0 I 0 Bill of Rights and other benefits,, 

PUBLICATIONS ? Educational material, promotional literature for 
the fund drives and four periodicals all distributed without charge 
to interested individuals and groups - CIO War Relief News . 
Community Services News Letter , The New Veteran ,, and w A8 0 n 















NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HYGIENE. INC . 


A representative organization of the mental hygiene movement in the 
United States. 

1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-8000 

New York 19, N. I. 

George S. Stevenson, M.D., Medical Director 

PURPOSE: "To promote interest and action throughout the United States 
in the control and prevention of mental disease and the conservation 
of mental health by improving hospitalization for the mentally ill 
and defective, by improving and extending clinic services for early 
diagnosis and treatment, by stimulating psychiatric research, by 
professional training, and by public education." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The NCMH was founded in 1909 by Clifford Beers as a 
result of his own experiences in institutions for the mentally ill. 

After recovering from the mental breakdown which overtook him soon 
after his graduation from college, he decided to devote his life to 
the improvement of the harsh conditions then surrounding mental patients. 
He wrote up his experiences and his proposals for reform in A Mind 
That Found Itself , "the book that started a movement." 

The NCMH consists of about 800 elected members, mostly professional 
(physicians, psychiatrists and others) persons with special interest 
in mental health work; some 900 associate members from the general 
public; and some 63 associated state and local mental hygiene socie¬ 
ties. It is a member of the national Health Council. 

The NCMH is concerned with the care and treatment of the mentally 
ill and mentally defective within institutions, and also with the 
prevention of these disorders through improved practice in school, 
family, clinic, court, correctional institutions, and social agencies. 

It sponsors research, promotes the development of psychiatric clinics, 
assists in the training- and placement of professional personnel. 

On the initiative of Mr. Beers the American Foundation for Mental 
Hygiene, Inc. was established, which has its office in the same place 
as the NCMH and serves as custodian and administrator of gifts and 
bequests for mental hygiene work. 

One committee of the NCMH makes grants each year for research pro¬ 
jects in dementia praecox, a large undertaking financed by the Scot¬ 
tish Rite Masons at $50,000 a year. Another fund is devoted to the 
study of the psychological sources of the major causes of disability 
and death. 







NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HYGIENE. INC . 


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The NCMH has divisions of psychiatric education, community clinics, 
rehabilitation vocational adjustment, mental hospitals, and psychiatric 
research. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : On the initiative of Clifford Beers, the 
First International Congress on Mental Hygiene was held in Washington 
in 1930, and it established a permanent body, the International 
Committee for Mental Hygiene which has its offices with the NCMH. 

As an organization this body is now temporarily inactive because of 
wartime interruptions. A second International Congress was held in 
Laris in 1936, and several "reunions” on mental hygiene and prevention 
have beenheld. There is a movement on foot, particularly in Brazil, 
to hold a postwar International Congress in some Latin American country. 
Mental hygiene societies in some 30 countries were affiliated with the 
International Committee. 

There has been constant close affiliation between American and Canadian 
mental hygiene societies ; Dr. Clarence Hincks was once director of 
both societies. With the cooperation of the NCMH several American 
leaders in mental hygiene have gone to lecture in other countries, 
and several workers from abroad have been brought to America to study 
on Commonwealth Fund or State Department fellowships or otherwise. 

The Thomas W. Salmon Memorial Fund brings each year a foreign lecturer 
on mental hygiene to the United States. This fund is administered 
by the Academy of Medicine. 

There have been many requests for exchange and complimentary subscrip¬ 
tions to Mental Hygiene and Understanding the Child from abroad. 

15 war-years sets are being held for foreign outlets by the American 
Library Association. Otherwise back numbers are limited and there is 
no stockpiling. 

NCMH was consulted by Columbia University on training of UNRRA per¬ 
sonnel . 

NCMH, apart from official ties, represents a broad social movement 
to which many scientific men from abroad have contributed. Among 
these should be mentioned the many psychiatrists, psychologists, and 
others in Austria and other German-speaking countries, many of whom 
have transferred their citizenship and professional activities to the 
United States. In this broad field the United States now harbors 
much that was originally European and has added to it certain American 
modifications. 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES ; The NCMH in cooperation with the Josiah Macy, Jr. 
Foundation is sending photo-offset reprints of selected scientific 
articles to some 8000 physicians and other professional persons in 
the mental hygiene field, who are in the Armed Forces, to help them 







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keep in touch with scientific developments during their absence. 

Many of the recipients of this service are members of the armed forces 
of the Allied Nations; and many of the reprints are from British or 
other non-American scientific journals. 

The NCMH cooperated with Selective Service in a project to improve the 
selection of men for the army through study of the record of the draft 
registrant in his community and state. 

MEMBERSHIP: 


Contributing member: $5 


Subscribing member: $10 
Service member: $10 to $25 


Mental Hygiene , official organ 
or 

Understanding the Child , a mental 
health periodical especially for 
those interested in the education of 
children. 

Subscriptions to both of the above 
periodicals. 

Subscriptions to both of the above 
periodicals, plus reference and loan 
privileges of the National Health 
Library. 


Supporting member: $25 to $50 Subscriptions to both of the above 

periodicals. 

Choice of pamphlets issued by the 
National Committee. 

Reference and loan privileges of 
the National Health Library 

Patrons: $50 to $100 and To patrons and sustaining members 

Sustaining member: $1000 any and all of the above privileges, 

and over 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Mental Hygiene , quarterly journal for professional and lay people; 
$3 a year; Dr. George S. Stevenson, editor. 


Understanding the Child , quarterly magazine for teachers; 50* 
a year; W. Carson Ryan, Ph.D., Editor 

Directory of Psychiatric Clinics and Related Facilities in the 

United States ; 25* 


Bibliography: Psyc hiatric an d Mental. Hygiene, Agpects..of Civilian 
Rehabilitation : 20* 


When He Comes Back if He Comes Back Nervous , by Thomas A. C. 
Rennie, M. D., and Luther E. Woodward. 15* 
















NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HYGIENE. INC . 


Occasional newsletter reporting on developments in organized mental 
hygiene work in general and on the committee's activities in parti¬ 
cular. Series of pamphlet publications on mental disease and defect, 
hospitals and clinics, mental hygiene in education and child training, 
and the mental health aspects of crime, delinquence, and other social 
problems. Also a number of pamphlets dealing especially with mental 
hygiene in the schools and colleges. 



NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, INC. 


An educational and research organization in the field of housing 
and community planning. 

512 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Pennsylvania 6-69l6 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Mrs. Samuel I. Rosenman, Chairman 
Henry M. Propper, Executive Vice Chairman 
John F. Toedtraan, Director 

PURPOSE : n To be a constructive force for the solution of the 
Nation's housing and community planning problems during the Na¬ 
tion's war emergency and the postwar period through the coopera¬ 
tive activity of all interests concerned . . to appraise new 
methods and new approaches in planning, financing, land assembly 
and construction; to initiate pilot studies and evaluate and re¬ 
port current progress in housing and community development; and 
to create a public awareness, understanding and interest in this 
field. 11 (Official statement). 

ORGANIZATION: The Committee is an independent organisation, es¬ 
tablished in 1941 by business, trade, professional and civic 
leaders. It belongs to no master group, but maintains extensive 
relations with all government agencies dealing with real estate, 
housing and housing finance. It is financed through membership 
dues and through grants and contributions. 

The Committee has published a number of surveys on various as¬ 
pects of housing and community planning. It has held one Na¬ 
tional Conference on Postwar Housing in Chicago in March, 1944. 
Representatives from several foreign countries attended the con¬ 
ference. Another meeting was held in New York in December, 1944, 
to discuss "Financing the Postwar Building Boom on a Sound Basis". 
The Committee was responsible for one exhibition, "Wartime 
Housing", which was presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New 
York, April-June, 1942. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Committee has had extensive con- 
tacts with foreign and international groups. Its reports and 
publications have been supplied to embassies and legations of 
many nations and have been exchanged, through the British Infor¬ 
mation Service, with the Town end Country Planning Association 
(28 King Street, Covent Gardens, London) and other overseas or¬ 
ganizations. 

WAR OPERATIONS: The Committee's initial program centered on 
organizing cooperative action by private industry, citizens and 









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public officials in providing adequate shelter for war workers; 
in enlisting and encouraging communities to study local housing 
needs and the proper location of war housing so that home con¬ 
struction in war production centers could also serve the postwar 
needs of the communities; in studying and evaluating war housing 
programs, administrative and financial proposals, and in inter¬ 
preting to the public the vital role of housing in the prosecu¬ 
tion of the war hy preparing and distributing authoritative data 
and information. 

In 19^1 the Committee held a National Housing Inventory Confer¬ 
ence in Washington to highlight the need for homes for war 
workers and to correlate the housing activities of the country 
into a wartime program. 

MEMBERSHIP : Regular: annual dues $5 or more 

Contributing: annual dues $15 or more 
attaining: annual dues $50 or more 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Tomorrow^ Town , a monthly publication sent to all members. 

Numerous publications, such as Recommendations for a Housing 
Program and Policy - 1944. 

Your Stake in Community Planning - 1944. 

Neighborhood Design and Control - 1944. 

Proceedings of the National Conference on Postwar Housing - 


The Niagara Frontier Plans for Peace - 1943 . 

Recommendations for the Dispo sition of Federal War Housing - 
1 ^ 3 . 

Recommendations: A Program for Housing Workers in War 
Industries - 1942. 































NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JOTS. INC . 


A voluntary educational organisation concerned with intercultural 
relations. 

381 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 3-8246 

New York, N. Y. 


Everett R. Clinchy, President 

PURPOSE : "To promote justice, amity , understanding and coopera¬ 
tion between Protestants, Catholics and Jews in the United 
States and to analyse, moderate and finally eliminate the inter¬ 
group prejudices, which disfigure and distort religious, business, 
social and political relations with a view to the establishment 
of a social order in which the religious ideals of brotherhood 
and justice shall become the standards of human relationships." 
(From a statement by Newton D. Baker) 

ORGANIZATION : The Conference dates back to the Committee on 
Goodwill Between Christians and Jews established in 1923-1924 
by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. This 
remained a small Protestant-Jewish committee until 1928, when, 
as a result of the anti-Catholic bigotry which swept the country 
on the occasion of the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith for President, 
the Conference was given its present broader foundations. At 
that time the underlying philosophy was worked out by Charles 
Evans Hughes and Newton D. Baker in collaboration with the Rev. 

S. Parkes Cadman. Everett R. Clinchy, then a young clergyman, 
was appointed general secretary and he now serves the Conference 
as its president. The over-all guidance and advice on policy 
furnished by the three original founders is now carried on by 
co-chairmen representing each of the three faiths: Arthur H. 
Compton, Carlton J. H. Hayes and Roger W. Straus. 

National and local leaders and organization officials in educa¬ 
tion, religion, business, labor, civic and other walks of life 
assist, through volunteer service, the staff of 175 nen and women 
in the home office and in 40 city and 16 regional offices situated 
in strategic centers across the country. 

Operational units of the Conference are the 250 or more "round 
tables" which maintain a regular program of inter-group discus¬ 
sion and collaboration in a three-fold process for democratic 
education: D acquaint members of each culture with the aims 
of other cultures; 2) make all aware of the mutual aims of all 
as Americans; 3) multiply the number of aims for which all groups 
work together. At most meetings, usually arranged for the local 
civic, educational and religious organizations, a speaker is 






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presented from each of the three faiths. Believing that many 
destructive prejudices derive in part from misinformation and 
warped emotional patterns, the Conference disseminates facts to 
offset rumors and untruth and emphasizes the reeducation of 
emotional responses. 

Next to the round tables in importance is an extensive and 
growing program for cooperation with churches and schools. 

Through its Commission on Religious Organization, the Conference 
conducts a systematic program with all religious groups at 
national and local levels. It also sponsors a Religious Book 
Week bringing wide public attention to books dealing with the 
spiritual concepts of the Judeo-Christian tradition. 

The Conference sponsors the Religious News Service which dissemin¬ 
ates religious news from reporters stationed all over the world 
to daily newspapers and press agencies, periodicals, religious 
publications, and radio stations. The Bulletins form the source 
for "Religious News Reporter," a radio program heard in New 
York over WMCA and WABF (P¥), and elsewhere over approximately 
90 stations. 

The national observance of Brotherhood Week, initiated 12 years 
ago by the Conference, seemed this year definitely established 
as an American institution. Service clubs, chambers of commerce, 
veterans' organizations, colleges, schools, the U.S.O., women's 
clubs, youth agencies, churches and synagogues arranged programs. 
Extensive space was allocated in newspapers and on commercial 
radio stations to its observance. Oil beamed President Roose¬ 
velt's Brotherhood leek message to all parts of the world. 

The Commission on Educational Organizations of the Conference 
enlists the nation's leading educators and educational organi¬ 
zations in its program. The Springfield plan for inter-cultural 
studies was initiated by the Conference. Summer workshops for 
teachers have been conducted at Harvard and Columbia Universities 
in cooperation with the Bureau of Inter-cultural Education. 

Twenty such workshops are planned for the summer of 1945. Twelve 
other large school systems are emulating the Springfield program. 

This year the American Council on Education is working with the 
Conference on a comprehensive study of textbooks used in Ameri¬ 
can schools and colleges for the purpose of eliminating and 
rewriting biased passages. A handbook on education in group 
relations for teachers' colleges and departments of education 
was begun. The Williamstown Institute of Human Relations, which 
in 1941 presented a national seminar entitled "The World We Want 
to Live In," was the first of many postwar planning programs. 

Other educational activities use the media of film and radio in 
a growing program to dramatize the message of better human re¬ 
lations. Motion pictures, "The World We Want to Live In" and 
■The Greater Victory," were produced by the Conference. 



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WARTIME OPERATIONS : The military program, headed by Dr. Andrew 
W. Gottschall and organized on the same basis as the Round Tables, 
involves one-sixth of the Conference's expenditures. Trios of men 
representing the three faiths have been sent to 7251 Army posts and 
Navy stations, collaborating with chaplains, Army officials and camp 
recreation services. The teams usually live in the military camps 
and stations and often remain with the men for a week or ten days, 
addressing huge assemblies and holding consultations with indivi¬ 
duals, seminars with chaplains and conferences with other officers. 
The Conference has just sent two such teams to work with the 
armed forces in Alaska. 

To meet the challenge of the demobilization period, the Conference 
has begun to organize an extension of its camp program. Sixty out¬ 
standing religious leaders are planning two and three day seminars 
in the larger population centers to interpret to civilians the 
needs, the high hopes and the aspirations of millions of men and 
women returning from the war. This program hopes to utilize the 
services of thousands of Army and Navy chaplains who will be able to 
speak out of their experiences with the men and women in the armed 
services. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; The Conference has proved so successful 
in developing real friendship and collaboration among the groups 
represented that it has been emulated by important organizations in 
the British Commonwealth. They are: 

British Council of Christians and Jews (founded 1942) 

21 Bloomsbury St., W.C.l. London 

Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews (founded 1938) 

Box 181, Toronto, Canada. 

Society of Jews and Christians 

124 Fox St., Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. 

A similar organization is now being formed in Australia. 

Plans are being made by the Conference to sponsor a World Conference 
on Human Relations to be held in London at the close of the war in 
the European theatre. 

MEMBERSHIP : The term "subscribers" instead of "members" is used 
to refer to those who contribute from $2.00 up. This includes a 
certain number of grants from various foundations. The subscribers, 
who are represented by a board of trustees, number 35*000. 






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PUBLICATIONS : In 1944, 2,770,000 pieces of literature were 
produced and distributed to the general public and 4,500,000 
to men and women in the armed forces. The Conference distri¬ 
butes bulletins to subscribers; publishes annual reports, a 
series of Human Relations pamphlets and other material for 
schools, colleges, churches, synagogues, etc. 

Speak up for Good Will . 10 f 
Christians Protest Persecution . 10£ 

Why We Fight , lOtf 
Religious Book List . 

Race: What the Scientists Say , by Caroline Singer, 5^ 
The World We Want to Live In . lOtf 










NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK 

An organization serving professionals and laymen interested in the prob¬ 
lems of human welfare 0 

82 North High Street Telephones Adams 5772 

Columbus 15 8 Ohio 

Mr Howard R 0 Knight 9 General Secretary 

PURPOSE? "To facilitate discussion of the problems and methods of prac¬ 
tical human improvement, thereby increasing the efficiency of agencies and 
institutions devoted to this cause 0 " (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION % The National Conference of Social Work is a continuation 
of the National Conference of Charities and Correction organized in 1873 
at a meeting of the American Social Science Association The present 
name was adopted in 1917 0 

The Conference has met annually since its third yean Attendance fluctuates 
between 3000 and 7600, with a paid membership of over 5000 o It is financed 
mainly by membership dues and attendance fees 0 The governing board is its 
Executive Committee,, *our other committees have charge of the continuous 
planning for the Conferenee 0 

The Conference limits its function to that of a forum for discussion,. It 
does not formulate platforms, it takes no official position on questions 
of social policy,, and does not engage in social action G The Conference 
works with all private and government agencies on both the local and 
national level 0 Fifty groups representing all fields of social work are 
associates of the Conference,, 

OPERATIONS : In the past, the Conference divided into the following five 
sectionss social case work* social group work,, community organization, 
social action and public welfare administration 0 In 1945s- additional cate¬ 
gories were provided for child care, delinquency,, the aged, health, mental 
health, industrial and economic problems, and administration,, 

Conference activities include general sessions addressed by the President 
and prominent speakers often outside the profession of social work on 
topics of broad and timely interest,. The bulk of the work, however, is 
conducted in meetings with specialized programs,. At sectional meetings*, 
formal papers are read with additional time devoted to questions and free 
discussion from the floor,, Symposia*, panels*, round tables, and "clinics" 
for the discussion of problems are held 0 Meetings on subjects of current 
interest to the profession are arranged by special committees of the Confer¬ 
ence, such as those prepared by the Red Cross, the CDVO, etc 0 Afternoons 
of the Conference are usually given over to meetings of associate and 
special groups, many of which are national organizations holding their an- 





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nual meetings in connection with the Conference 0 

Shortage of transportation facilities in 1945 necessitated the holding of local 
conferences throughout the country 0 

The Conference serves state conferences of social work by assisting them 
with special problems and conducting regional round table meetings annually 
for their secretaries 0 

The Proceedings of the National Conference^ published annually 9 include the 
outstanding papers read at the various meetings 0 This publication contains 
the most complete information available on trends of social work thought 
and experience in the United States 0 A cumulative index to the first 
sixty volumes was published in 1935o 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ; Approximately 30 foreign individuals and agen¬ 
cies received the Proceedings of the Conference before the war 0 Columbia 
University Press is holding the available stockpile of back numbers for 
future shipment abroad 0 

The National Conference of Social Work is the official United States repre¬ 
sentative at the International Conference of Social Work 0 International 
conferences were held in Washington in 1923* Paris in 1928 s Frankfurt in 
1932 and London in 1936 Q Rene Sand of Belgium is the present President of 
the International Conference Q Preliminary correspondence has been initia¬ 
ted concerning the holding of the first postwar international conference 
in 1948c 

MEMBERSHIP ; Membership is open to public 9 private^ professional and volun¬ 
tary agencies and individuals 0 The category of membership depends on the 
size of the agency; $10 for a sustaining and $25 for a full institutional 
membershipo Contributing memberships have been provided for agencies and 
individuals who wish to give added support to the Conference by paying more 
than $25 a year 0 Individual membership is provided at $3 and $5 0 

PUBLICATIONS: tofiggtoag^$5 o 00 , supplied to members free of charge Q 








NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY ..RELATIONS 

A clearing house of knowledge and information for persons working in the 
field of marriage and family living# 

1126 East 59th Street Telephone: Midway 0800 

Chicago 37, Ill 0 

MrSo Evelyn Millis Duvall, Executive Secretary 

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PURPOSE : "To advance the cultural values now principally secured through 
family relations for personality development and the strength of the 
nation# It seeks to unite in this common objective persons working in 
all the different fields of family research, teaching and welfare#" 

(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The NCFR was organized in 1938 at a national conference 
called by Paul Sayre# An interprofessional society consisting of about 
1000 members, the Conference arose out of the need for common understanding 
and effort among the several sciences and professions, each working with 
its own concepts and methods for the welfare of the family# 

The coming together of specialists in the various fields concerned with 
family relations resulted in the standing committees of NCFR which consider 
problems and make reports on the following subjects: Economic Basis of the 
Family; Education for Marriage; Marriage and Family Law; Marriage and 
Family Research; Problems of Youth; Religion and the Family; Family Health; 
Marriage and Family Counseling# 

Five regional and twenty state conferences on family relations are now affili¬ 
ated with the National Conference# In addition to holding an annual national 
conference, the NCFR "encourages the holding of regional, state and local 
conferences: l) to foster acquaintance of people of diverse professional 
backgrounds and interest in marriage and the family; 2) to discuss points 
of view and experience; 3) to present important research findings; 4) to 
consider proposals for family welfare#" 

NCFR is financed by membership dues, contributions and subscriptions to 
its journal, Marriage and Family Living # The officers are: Dr. Sidney E. 
Goldstein of New York, president; Emily H. Mudd, Katherine W. Taylor and 
Dr# Edgar Schmiedeler, vice presidents; Max Rheinstein, treasurer; Evelyn 
Millis Duvall, executive secretary; Ernest W# Burgess, editor. Marriage 
and Family Living # 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS : The NCFR is eager to make its experience and publi¬ 
cation available to interested persons and groups abroad. In 1940 it enter¬ 
tained Somerset Maugham as guest speaker at its national conference# Mr# 
Maugham spoke on the effect of the war on the British family. The National 










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Conference has recently published articles on British family welfare and 
marriage guidance. 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES :' The Conference has devoted many of its discussions 
and research articles to the wartime problems of the family and to family 
rehabilitation after the war. 

MEMBERSHIP : $3.00 per year, joint state and national membership, includes 
subscription to Marriage and Family Living . 

PUBLICATIONS : Marriage and Family Living , quarterly, $1.50. 




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• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AMERICAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP. INC. 


Voluntary organization for the promotion of understanding between 
the USA and the USSR. 

232 Madison Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 3-2082 

New York 16, N. Y. 

Edwin S. Smith, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "The National Council is established to provide accurate 
and timely information on current developments in the Soviet Union 
in the arts, sciences, government, industry, commerce and agricul¬ 
ture .... To encourage cultural and technical interchange 
between groups in the United States and corresponding groups in 
the Soviet Union.” (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Council was incorporated on February 15, 1943. 
Its headquarters are in New York City and its activities are car¬ 
ried on through this office and through 35 local councils. It 
is financed qy private subscription. The Council's chairman is 
Corliss Lamont, author, teacher and authority on Soviet Russia; 
its executive director is Edwin S. Smith, former member of the 
National Labor Relations Board. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council collaborates with the De¬ 
partment of State, OWI and other governmental agencies dealing 
with information on international relations. It has sent to the 
USSR an exhibit of American material dealing largely with child 
care, and it is otherwise furthering interchange in the scientific 
and cultural fields. It expects to continue this activity after 
the war. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Council seeks "to counteract false or 
misleading statements calculated to weaken American-Soviet friend¬ 
ship" and to promote such friendship in a positive way. Toward 
this end, it prepares and distributes photographic exhibits, con¬ 
ducts a speakers' bureau, issues publications and sponsors local 
meetings and an annual large-scale meeting at Madison Square 
Garden. At the latest of these annual meetings, held November 16, 
1944, in commemoration of the 11th anniversary of diplomatic rela¬ 
tions between the USA and the USSR, Edward R. Stettinius, then 
Acting Secretary of State, was the principal speaker. The Council 
also endeavors to show the advantages to this country, in terms of 
postwar employment and business, of trying to achieve the maximum 
expansion of trade between the USA and the USSR. It is expected 
that these activities will be continued after the war. 







NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AMERICAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP. INC. -2 


MEMBERSHIP : The Council is not primarily an individual member¬ 
ship organization, its emphasis rather being to stimulate all 
kinds of organizations, as well as individuals in their profes¬ 
sional and other educational groupings, to support the Council's 
program. Associate memberships, however, are encouraged for the 
purpose of providing financial support and spreading individual 
interest in the Council's work. The fee for an associate 
membership is*$5, that for a contributing associate membership 
is $10, and that for a sustaining associate membership is a 
minimum of $25. All classes of associates are entitled to 
receive, without charge, all publications of the Council. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council prepares informational pamphlets on 
the Soviet Union, which are available at prices ranging from 
to 15tf a copy, and from $4 to $11 a 100. 






NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 


A national federation of 200 senior and 100 junior councils interested 
in social and educational work Q 


1819 Broadway 
New York 23, N 0 Y 0 


Telephone: Circle 6-3175 
Cable Address: COUNJM, N.Y. 


Miss Flora R 0 Rothenberg, Executive Director 


PURPOSE : "To improve social standards and maintain a democratic way of 


life*" 


ORGANIZATION : The National Council of Jewish Women, established in 1893, 
is composed of 300 senior and junior Sections throughout the United 
Stateso Although the Council seeks to coordinate the work of the member 
Sections, it exerts little direct control over them 0 

To give its members an intelligent understanding of Jewish affairs, the 
Sections conduct study groups and forums on Jewish history, tradition, 
and current events, and provide religious instruction where facilities 
are lackingo They seek to promote greater rapport between Jew and 
Gentile, and, aware that the problem of the Jew is closely linked to 
that of all minority groups, to help extend democracy to all peoples 
throughout the world 0 

Foremost among the Council’s activities is its Service to the Foreign 
Born 0 This work includes meeting newcomers at the ports of entry, assist¬ 
ing detention cases, providing instruction in English, membership in 
social and recreation groups, retraining for employment, and scholarships 
for studentso The Council also keeps aliens informed of current regu¬ 
lations affecting them, directs naturalization centers, and maintains an 
educational program designed to acquaint American citizens with the com¬ 
plex problems of the immigrant 0 

Through its Social Welfare and War Activities Committee, Council con¬ 
ducts a three-fold program: 

1 0 Maintenance and strengthening of individual projects on the local 
levelo These include all phases of the national war activities program 
as well as such long term projects as day nurseries and play schools, 
dormitories and Council Clubs, maternity and health clinics, summer 
camps, school lunches, recreation and scholarships 0 

2 0 Cooperation with governmental and voluntary national organizations 
such as Office of Price Administration, National Consumer-Retailer Coun¬ 
cil and Girl Scouts„ 

3o Consideration of social problems in their broader scope which may 
in time lead to legislation 0 





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The Council is financed by contributions from the local Sections. The 
present officers are: Mrs. Joseph M.WaLt, president; Mrs. Oscar S. 

Marx, first vice-president; Mrs. Herman B. Levine, treasurer; Miss 
Flora Ho Rothenberg, executive director. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council works with the government in formu¬ 
lating immigration policies and interpreting the regulations, and active¬ 
ly supports the idea of a world organization to prevent further wars. 

It has contributed financially to foreign relief and is now recruiting a 
staff of professional social workers for an overseas program of child 
care in cooperation with the Joint Distribution Committee, major Jewish 
overseas relief agency. (Described elsewhere in Directory) 

MEMBERSHIP : There are approximately 65,000 members. 

PUBLICATION : The Council Woman , bimonthly. 







NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. 


A private organization "banding together twenty-odd national organiza¬ 
tions numbering about five million women. 

501 Madison Avenue Telephone: Plaza 

New York 22, N. Y. Plaza 9-4870 

Cable Address: none now 
(formerly NATCOCJNCIL) 

Mrs. H. V. Milligan, President 

PURPOSE : "The National Council of Women acts as a clearing house, in¬ 
formation and service bureau for national, state and local member 
organizations, and for state and local councils. It compiles and 
disseminates information and ideas so as to strengthen the work of mem¬ 
ber organizations. It permits member organizations to pool their re¬ 
sources, to share in each other's work, to avoid duplication of effort 
and thus achieve maximum results at minimum cost. It is the central 
machinery by which the constructive thinking and achievement of the wo¬ 
men of our country can be transmitted to every section of the nation," 
(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION: Founded at a meeting held in Washington, D.C., in 1888, 
the National Council of Women is a master organization which joins 
national, state and local organizations. The Council's function is to 
serve as a clearing house, information and service bureau for its mem¬ 
bers. % 

Officers govern the Council, which operates under the leadership of a 
paid staff, and of volunteer committees on citizenship, domestic economy, 
economic status of women, education, fine arts, hospitality, housing, 
human relations, international affairs, letters, membership, music, pub¬ 
lic health, radio, social hygiene, trades and professions, triennial 
contributors, and war activities. It supports a library at Northwestern 
University, "The Biblioteca Femina", to which it is constantly adding 
books. 

The organization holds a biennial meeting. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The National Council of Women is affiliated 
with and pays membership dues to the International Council of Women, 
parent group uniting the Councils of Women of some 40 nations, which 
has been inactive since the outbreak of the war. Dr. Renee Girod, 10 
Rue Charles Bonnet, Geneva, Switzerland, is temporary chairman of the 
International Council. 

Areas in which the national organization takes an active interest are 
all of the countries in which sister councils are (or were before the 
war) in existence: Canada, Italy, Norway, Finland, Romania, Ireland, 
Brazil, England, Sweden, France, Belgium, South Africa, Chile, India, 






NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. -2- 


Japan, Abdin-Caire, Great Britain, Argentina, Greece, Portugal, Latvia, 
China, Lithuania, Denmark, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Peru, 
Burma, Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, South Australia, Jugo¬ 
slavia, Czechoslovakia, Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Maienzi and Sbamva. 

In the past, the National Council of Women always has sent representa¬ 
tives to conventions sponsored hy the International Council (held in 
peacetime every three years). 

It supplies copies of speeches and written materials to its sister Coun¬ 
cils abroad, and recently sent a large folder of literature stressing 
pro-democratic ideas to the last-named group. 

WAR AND POSTWAR OPERATIONS: In its role of clearing house, the National 
Council circulates all printed materials, requests for cooperation, etc., 
to its member groups and these, in turn, apply directly to the federal 
agency concerned for additional material or information for their re¬ 
spective organizations. The Council's general wartime program has been 
to stress the importance of national unity for an all-out war effort and 
to build morale. 

Its president represents the National Council on the women's advisory com¬ 
mittee, women's interests section of the War Department Bureau of Public 
Relations. 

In an effort to help in reestablishing communications with its sister 
Councils abroad, the National Council recently wrote and offered to sup¬ 
ply to UNRRA the names of the officers of the International Council of 
Women - as well as the names of the presidents and officers of the 
National Councils in liberated countries. 

The National Council plans to hold an International Congress on the 
Canadian border immediately after V-E Day, in cooperation with the Na¬ 
tional Council of Women of Canada, with which it works closely. The 
proposed meeting is contingent upon the National Council's being able to 
raise money for the transportation and expenses of foreign delegates, 
whom it hopes to invite as its guests. Findings of the international 
gathering will determine what practical assistance the American group 
will be able to offer in each country. 

Refugees from nations affected by the war who are now in the United 
States are in constant touch with the National Council. 

The USA Council has stockpiled books, pamphlets, study programs, copies 
of speeches and articles, in English, for shipment to foreign Councils. 

MEMBERSHIP : No groups abroad may become members of the National Council 
of Women of the United States, Inc. Such groups should be referred to 
the International Council of Women. 

PUBLICATIONS : Although the bulletins of its member organizations are 
available, the National Council has suspended its own publication dur¬ 
ing the war. 






NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 


Voluntary nongovernmental association of the teaching profession. 

1201 lfcth Street, N.W. Telephone: District 4552 

Washington, D. C. 

Dr. William G. Carr, Associate Secretary 

PURPOSE : The NEA "is dedicated to the upbuilding of democratic civili¬ 
zation and supported by the loyal cooperation of the teachers to advance 
the interests of the teaching profession, promote the welfare of chil¬ 
dren, and foster the education of all the people." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The National Teachers’ Association, forerunner of the NEA, 
was organized in lg57 in Philadelphia by 43 leaders from state teachers 
associations. In 1870 the School Superintendents and the Normal School 
Association united with the NTA to form the National Education Associa¬ 
tion. 

The NEA was chartered by Congress in 1906 as "the National Education 
Association of the United States." Headquarters were moved to Washing¬ 
ton, D.C., in 1917. an d the program of service was materially expanded. 

In the next two decades membership increased twentyfold; there are now 
270,OCX) members, including teachers and school administrators, from 
kindergarten and nursery schools to colleges and universities. The 
present headquarters building was occupied in 1920 and enlarged in 1930. 
In 1920 local and state education associations were united into an or¬ 
ganic whole with the NEA, and a Representative Assembly composed of 
delegates from these groups was organized. In 1944 the Association em¬ 
barked upon a five-year program of unification, expansion, and develop¬ 
ment and went forward with its campaign for a People's Peace designed 
to give education a place at the peace table and in the postwar world 
organization. 

Present officers include: President, F. L. Schlagle, superintendent of 
schools, Kansas City, Kansas; Executive Secretary, Willard E. Givens; 
Associate Secretary, William G. Carr; Treasurer, B. F. Stanton. 

The NEA is financed largely through membership dues. It also receives 
revenue through sale of publications, through private grants, and 
through foundations. Here are a few examples of specially financed 
projects. NEA received a grant from the CIAA to improve the teaching 
of Latin-American languages. The State Department allows the Associa¬ 
tion a sum to teach English to foreign visitors to this country. The 
National Highway Board granted funds to NEA for a safety education 
campaign. 

During the last two years, contributions have been coming in from 
teachers to the War and Peace Fund, whose purpose is to make education 
effective in winning the war and keeping the peace. About a half 





NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES -2- 


million dollars for education and for international understanding has 
been received. The money, to date, has "been spent to finance radio, 
conferences, pamphlets, magazine articles, etc. 

The various special fields in education are organized within the Asso¬ 
ciation "by departments; for example, there are departments of adult 
education, teachers colleges, art education, home economics, higher 
education, music education and twenty-three others. 

Special problems of education are studied by committees. For example, 
there are now committees on professional ethics, school finance, aca¬ 
demic freedom, school legislation, safety education, educational poli¬ 
cies, international relations and many other matters. The Association 
cooperates through joint committees with many other related pro¬ 
fessional groups, including the American Library Association, American 
Medical Association, American Legion, American Teachers Association, 
and National Congress of Parents and Teachers. 

With the American Association of School Administration the NEA forms 
the Educational Policies Commission — to define guiding policies in 
American education. 

The NEA is an independent organization, not connected with the govern¬ 
ment in any way. It cooperates with all government agencies inter¬ 
ested in education. Among these are CIAA, OWI, Veterans Administra¬ 
tion, U.S. Office of Education, and the Public Health Service. 

Among the services rendered by the NEA are the following: 

Public Relations - The Association interprets education to the public 
through press releases and personal contacts with newspaper editors, 
correspondents, and magazine writers. It sponsors the Eadio School of 
the Air. 

American Education Week - With the U.S. Office of Education, the Ameri- 
can Legion, and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, the NEA 
sponsors American Education Week each year. 

Hesearch - The Association collects and distributes information needed 
for developing and improving practices in such fields as teacher wel¬ 
fare, school finance, curriculum reconstruction, ethics, teacher 
preparation, and modern plans of school administration. 

Legi slat ion - The Association is concerned in legislation which affects 
education, youth, and general welfare. It is working actively for a 
bill which would provide annual appropriations of $ 300 , 000,000 for 
public schools, without federal control. 

Teacher Welfare - The Association spends much time, thought, and money 
in promoting the economic, social, and professional welfare of teachers. 
Its research division is constantly gathering and disseminating facts 
regarding salaries, tenure, retirement, cooperatives, credit unions. 








NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES -3- 


group insurance, sabbatical leave, sick leave, academic freedom, certi¬ 
fication requirements, and teacher load. 

The Association holds an annual convention, but in 19*+3 and 1944 the 
conventions were cancelled, and only the meeting of the Representative 
Assembly was held. The Representative Assembly is composed of delegates 
from affiliated state and local groups which number more than 1500 . 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The cooperation of the Association in wartime activi- 
ties may be seen from the following projects: bond selling programs, 
jeep buying campaign, conferences for teachers in rationing program, pre- 
induction training in schools, physical fitness programs, patriotic pro¬ 
gram in music field, paper salvage, war industry center program, and 
citizenship training. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The World Federation of Education is the 
principal instrument for international cooperation. It was organized 
at a meeting called by the NEA in 1923. The Federation, which consisted 
of delegates from each country, met every two years, until 1937. 

The NEA is planning a World Council of Teachers after the war. It will 
invite two delegates from each country, from the most representative 
professional, nongovernment education organization. It will pay their 
traveling expenses and will take care of them while they are here. 


MEMBERSHIP : 

Regular - $3. 

Special - $ 5 . 

Life - $100. 

Members of the Association are invited to enrol also in those departments 
in which their major interests lie. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

The Journal - monthly, 9 issues a year - free to members. 

The Annual Volume of Addresses and Proceedings - free to all 
who carry the NFA $5 or Life - Membership; otherwise $3 a year. 

The Research Bulletin - quarterly - free to all who carry 
either the"$5 or Life Membership; otherwise from 25^ to 50^ a copy or 
$1 a year. 


Departmental Yearbooks and bulletins are sent without extra 
charge to members of the departments and are available to others at cost. 

Reports of Committees and Commissions, materials for American 
Education Week, ancTspecial studiei of the Research Division are also 
available at cost. 

















NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES -4- 


PUBLICATIONS : (continued) 

Personal Growth Leaflets - there are some 140 titles to these 
leaflets. Leaflets sell for 1^ a copy. 

The NEA is the largest publisher of professional educational 
literature in the world. A complete list may be secured on request. 





NATIONAL EDUCATION-RECREATION COUNCIL 


A conference body of national agencies interested principally in 
recreation, informal education, and leisure-time activities. 

2 Park Avenue Telephone: Lexington 2-3200 

New York 16, N. Y. 


E. Urner Goodman, Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To develop more effective cooperative planning among 
its member organizations in the interest of better living for all 
Americans.” (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Council, organized in 1932, is composed of 
representatives of national agencies, private and public, 
interested principally in recreation, informal education, and 
leisure-time activities, and in problems of agency administra¬ 
tion and community organization arising from these interests. 
Members of the Council are appointed by affiliated organiza¬ 
tions. Each participating organization names two members, and, 
if it desires, alternates. Organizations are affiliated by 
formal vote of the Council. The Council meets monthly in New 
York or Washington. It operates through regular and special 
meetings and commissions set up by it from time to time. 

Annually it elects a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-treasurer, 
and three to five additional members to serve with the officers 
on a program planning committee. Miss Norma Sims, chairman of 
the Council, is a representative of the National Council of the 
YWCA. E. Urner Goodman, secretary of the Council, is a repre¬ 
sentative of the Boy Scouts of America. 

The operations of the Council are limited to meetings and to the 
work of occasional commissions and committees. The Council has 
recently been particularly concerned with the scope and nature of 
the problems of adult adjustment in the postwar period, together 
with an analysis of the means available at federal, state and 
local levels. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is confined to affiliated organizations 
approved by the entire Council. 





















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NATIONAL FARM CHEMURGIC COUNCIL. INC. 


A non-profit association of individuals and groups interested in the 
industrial uses of farm products, 

50 West Broad Tower Telephone: Adams 7974 

Columbus 15, Ohio 

Ernest L, Little, Secretary and Managing Director 

PURPOSE: "To advance the industrial use of American farm products through 
applied science," 

ORGANIZATION : The Council was organized in 1935, Its program, based on 
the cooperation of the farmer, the manufacturer, and the scientist, is 
designed to: expand the knowledge and the possibilities of research to 
increase farm income and national wealth; serve as a clearing-house 
for all chemurgic information; direct the attention of private and indus¬ 
trial laboratories to chemurgic projects and to create popular support 
in behalf of research in public laboratories and educational institutions; 
encourage the commercial application of chemurgic research accomplishments 
whenever ready for profitable use; discourage unsound promotions; aid in 
meeting current shortages of farm raw materials and to establish permanent 
sources of agricultural materials needed in industry; aid and cooperate 
with other agencies employed in allied efforts. 

The Council hopes that its activities will result in the gradual absorp¬ 
tion of much of the domestic farm surplus by domestic industry, put idle 
acres to work profitably, increase the purchasing power of the farmer and 
thus create new demand for manufactured goods and provide more jobs in 
industry, enlarge the real wealth of the people and expand the national 
income, and contribute to the stability of the postwar economy. 

Specific fields in which chemurgic research and enterprise have provided 
new markets for farm products, or in which present scientific knowledge 
appears to indicate promise, include the much-publicized soybean and such 
others as drying oils, casein, sweet potatoes, woodpulp products, cotton, 
plastics, and essential oils. 

In addition to the headquarters at Columbus, the Council maintains re¬ 
gional offices in New York City and Oklahoma City, There are local coun¬ 
cils in 28 states. The activities of the Council and its branches are 
financed wholly by membership fees. 





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The Council has a board of directors representing agriculture, industry, 
and science,. The officers are Ysheeler McMillen, presidents John W 0 Tick- 
nor, treasurer, Ernest L 0 Little, secretary and managing director* 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g The Council has many foreign members and during 
peacetime, exchanges information with similar organizations in other coun¬ 
tries* It has discontinued its foreign exchanges during the war, and is 
sending out no publications except to England and Australia, South and 
Central America, South Africa* It contemplates establishing an inter¬ 
national organization and maintaining a foreign field staff after the 
war* 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : Because acute shortages in supplies of many agri¬ 
cultural raw materials developed as a result of the war and are embarass- 
ing many businers enterprises, the Council has sought to encourage the 
development of new crops and to speed up research in this direction* 

MEMBERSHIP: 


Associate: for individuals paying an annual fee of $10*00 or sub¬ 
scribing for three years for $25*00* Members receive all publications and 
services of the Council* 

Affiliate: for nonprofit institutions and education, vocational, and 
scientific bodies* The fee is $25*00 a year* 

Contributing: for individuals and organizations desiring to contribute 
substantial amounts, from $100*00 to $10,000*00 a year* 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council 8 s publications are at present available only 
to members and to selected government departments* 

Chemurgic Digest * semi-monthly* It contains information on chemurgic 
developments in agriculture, industry, and science, including special art¬ 
icles and matters of general interest* 

Chemurgic Reports , irregular* These are devoted to some specific 
subject* 

Conference Papers * irregular* These vary in length from one to 300 
pages and are sent to members at no extra charge* 










THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS. INC 


The American Unit of the International Federation - principal associa¬ 
tion for working women in business and professions throughout the 
world. 

1819 Broadway Telephone: Columbus 5-3934 

New York 23, N. Y. Cable address: BUSANPRO 

Margaret Hickey, President 

Louise Franklin Bache, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "As an organization of employed women the Federation concerns 
itself with developing women, to enable them to understand and parti¬ 
cipate in solving the economic, social and political problems which 
stand in the way of women or of men using t^eir best abilities and 
gaining their greatest satisfactions in a world at peace." (Official 
statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Federation was founded in 1919, and is now made 
up of clubs in approximately 1700 communities in 48 states, the 
District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii. The total membership of 
about 90,000 women represents the business and professional life of 
the community at every level of management and labor. The clubs are 
unified through a national program and a national publication, 
Independent Woman , a magazine which goes to every member each month. 
The work of the clubs is carried on through committees which grow 
out of its fundamental interests and concerns. 


The program is kept in line with th e purposes of the Federation, 
but changes according to the needs of the times. The present em¬ 
phasis in the period of transition from war to peace is upon making 
the adjustments at home and abroad which will lead to better economic, 
social and political conditions than those which existed before the 
war. 


The Federation's activities toward peacetime adjustment include 
community activity in economic expansion to fill peacetime needs, 
and aid in directing attention to these needs to enable men and women 
to earn their living and to prepare people to meet them; efforts to 
harmonize the points of view of management and labor to permit workers 
to use their capacities and to earn corresponding rewards; efforts 
to understand the principles underlying the solution of international 
agreements and peace. Attention is given to legislation to aid in 
attaining these objectives. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The activities of the Federation during the war 
have included recruitment of women for essential trailing and war 
work, civilian work, and the armed services; aid in the maintenance 
of controls in wages and prices; and understanding of the issues at 
stake in international cooperation. 







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M3>iBEKSHIP : The basic requirement for membership is that in each 
club seventy-five per cent of the members be actively engaged in 
business or the professions. Membership dues vary for local and 
state chapters; national dues are $2.00. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Independent floman 






NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUES 


A voluntary non-profit association of music clubs. 

455 West 23rd Street Telephone: Chelsea 3-3623 

New York 11, N c Y 0 

Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, President 

Miss Helen Havener, Publicity Director 

PURPOSE : "To bring into working relation with one another music clubs 
and other musical organizations and individuals directly or indirectly 
associated with musical activity for the purpose of aiding and encouraging 
musical education, and developing and maintaining high musical standards 
throughout America." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The National Federation of Music Clubs, ihich was founded 
in 1897, is composed of some 5000 music clubs in the United States. It 
is the national headquarters for the state federations, which exist in 
all the states. There are three main divisions: senior, student and 
junior; eight departments and 45 sub-committees 0 

The activities of the Federation cover many phases of the musical life 
of America„ Its educational program covers such fields as rural music, 
National and Inter-American Music Week, music in industry, library 
research, chamber music, and music in the home. It sponsors competitive 
festivals, holds young artists’ auditions, gives prizes and scholarships. 

The Federation encourages the performance of American music and conducts 
research in American folk music, and has taken an active interest in 
church music a It has been participating in the United Nations Campaign 
of the Association of Women Directors of the National Association of 
Broadcasterso 

National auditions for pianists, violinists and singers, open to citizens 
of all countries of the Western Hemisphere, between the ages of 18 and 30, 
are held every two years for the purpose of selecting young artists who are 
worthy of a concert career, and to attract them to the attention of those 
individuals and organizations which are in a position to make such a career 
successfulo Three cash prizes of $1000 each are presented to the winners of 
first prize in piano, violin and voice. The national auditions are the 
final stages of the contest, which originate in state auditions, the 
winners going on to district auditions and finally to the national auditions. 

The Edgar Stillman Kelley Scholarship, which was founded in 1938 by Etelka 
Evans and named for the American composer, is for young musicians under 
16 years and is designed to reach the recipient "at a time when he might 
very easily become discouraged and drop his musical education if he did 
not receive financial help and encouragement 0 " The scholarship consists of 
$250 a year toward tuition and is renewable annually for three years on 
the basis of merit. 





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For the purposes of administration, the United States is divided into 
three regions: Eastern, Central and Western. Three vice presidents are 
elected, one from each of these regions. States are grouped into 16 
national districts, including Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, the Phil¬ 
ippine Islands and Hawaii. Each district is headed by a president and 
departmental chairmen, with duties corresponding to those of the national 
officers. 

Among the officers are Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, president; Mrs. R. A. Her- 
bruck,Mrs. W. A. Goforth, and Mrs. Frank A. Johnson, regional vice-presi¬ 
dents; Mrs. H.Carroll Day, recording secretary; Mrs. A, A. Coult, treas¬ 
urer; Paul J. Weaver, director of international music relations; Helen 
Havener, publicity director. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Federation's membership is engaged in raising 
funds for the purchase of new records and in the collection of donated 
records for the Armed Forces. It also supplies instruments to service 
men, supplies music teachers for service men who wish to continue their 
musical training, and supplies music for military hospitals in coopera¬ 
tion with other organizations. Through the generosity of Donald Voorhees, 
it awarded war bonds of varying amounts to amateur musical organizations 
affiliated with the Federation which presented programs that significantly 
served the nation's war effort. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Under the Federation* s International Music Re¬ 
lations Program, a survey was made of the music students from Latin Ameri¬ 
can countries in the United States, and steps are being taken to have 
music club representatives in the various cities contact these students 
and assist them in any possible way. This is the beginning of a project 
which the Federation expects to expand to large proportions. The Federa¬ 
tion is also studying the possibility of reviving international music organi¬ 
zations after the war. The Federation exchanges its Magazine with similar 
organizations in other countries; and upon request suggests programs of 
American music for presentation in these countries, and also exchanges 
music with them. 

MEMBERSHIP : The 5000 constituent clubs represent a combined membership 
of over 500,000. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Music Clubs Magazine , five times a year. $1.00 per year. 









NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS 


Coordinating and cooperating services for settlements and neighbor¬ 
hood organizations in the United States. 

1 U 7 Avenue B Telephone: Algonouin U -.7728 

New York 9, N. Y. 


Miss Lillie M. Peck, Secretary 

PURPOSE : "To federate the social settlements, neighborhood houses 
and similar institutions... for the purpose of promoting the wel¬ 
fare of the settlements and the neighborhoods in which they are 
located; to encourage the development and maintenance of settle¬ 
ments in conjunction with the people of the various neighborhoods; 
to organize conferences, groups and studies; to cooperate with 
private and government agencies; to consider and act upon matters 
of interest to settlements and their neighbors and to act in an 
advisory capacity to settlements and their neighborhood houses." 
(From Articles of Incorporation) 

ORGANIZATION : To cope with the rapid growth of the settlement 
movement in the United States, the National Federation of Settle¬ 
ments was formally organized in 1911 with Jane Addams as its first 
president. The movement was inaugurated in 1884, when Samuel A. 
Barnett founded Toynbee Hall in London. The American system of 
settlements and neighborhood houses stems from the founding of 
Neighbortood Guild (later called University Settlement), New York, 
by Stanton Coit in 188b. College Settlement, New York, and Hull 
House, Chicago, followed in the fall of 1889. 

The first settlements worked largely among the foreign-born. 
Training for citizenship, particularly through the teaching of 
English language courses, community activities of many kinds and 
efforts to solve such problems as child labor, insanitary working 
conditions, the overwork of women, low wages, and unemployment 
were stressed. 

In 193^ figures supplied by 136 settlements showed 1500 staff 
workers and over a million members, exclusive of summer camp 
activities. In 19^5 the Federation includes 178 agency and 390 
individual members, and these agencies have an estimated paid and 
volunteer force of 2,000 persons and 2,000,000 persons in some way 
reached and affected by settlement programs. 

NATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Federation took an important part in 
securing the legislation which created the U.S. Children's Bureau, 
In recent years the Federation has made studies and participated in 






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public action on behe.lf of unemployment insurance, liquor control, 
public housing, and health insurance. It organizes annual na¬ 
tional and regional conferences and arranges for consultation on 
settlement methods and practice, and for visits to settlements in 
the field. It brings together the results of research and experi¬ 
ence in connection with special studies on health, housing, un¬ 
employment, etc., and makes such data available. It provides in¬ 
formation on public issues end legislation of special concern to 
settlements. It represents its members in work with other nation¬ 
al groups such as: National Education-Recreation Council, Na¬ 
tional Conference of Social Work, National Social Work Council, 
Consumers' National Federation, Associated Youth-Serving Or¬ 
ganizations, National Refugee Service, International Association 
of Settlements. 

GOVERNING BOARD: President: Clyde E. Murray; Vice President: 
Franklin fcarbach; Treasurer: Albert J. Kennedy, and 4l persons 
representing the major metropolitan cities and the several 
regions of the United States. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Federation is a member of the 
International Association of Settlements (Sir Whyndam Deeds, 
Honorarv Secretary, c/o Council of Social Agencies, London, 
England). Through the British Association of Residential Settle¬ 
ments, the Federation has arranged to reestablish contacts in the 
International Association as soon as possible. It formerly main¬ 
tained active contacts with England, France, Germany, Austria, 
Hungary, the Scandinavian countries, Holland, Belgium, and 
Czechoslovakia. These took the form of international conferences, 
exchange of publications, correspondence, visits, and the Barnett 
Memorial Fellowship for social and economic research, the incum¬ 
bent being appointed alternately from Great Britain and the 
United States. The Federation has no specific international post¬ 
war plans but hopes to aid and advise in establishing neighbor¬ 
hood centers. It would like to see demonstration centers opened 
to help the people of foreign countries continue the work started 
through relief organizations. 

MEMBERSHIP : (a) Agency - any settlement or neighborhood agency 
which has been in existence for two years 
and meets the criteria established by the 
board. Annual dues $3 per $1000 of ex¬ 
penditure exclusive of capital outlay. 

(b) Individual - interested persons who pay $5 or 

more annually. 

(c) Staff - except the headworker, annual dues: $2. 









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PUBLICATIONS : Bulletins and Bound Tables devoted to the results 
of experience with programs, method and standards, and other ma¬ 
terial of interest to settlements. In addition, it sends re¬ 
prints and special articles to all individual and agency members. 








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NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL 


"A non-partisan and non-political organization of American citizens of 
many interests, who are bound together by the common purpose of studying 
with unprejudiced minds the position of the United States in world trade, 
with the object thereby of contributing to the establishment of sound com¬ 
mercial politics,," 

26 Beaver Street Telephone: Whitehall 4-5780 

New York 4, N 0 Y, Cable Address: NAFTRAC 

Robert A. Breen, Assistant Secretary 

PURPOSE : H To provide effective coordination of industrial, commercial, 
transportation and financial interests of the United States for the 
purpose of extending our foreign trade on a sound basis," (From a state¬ 
ment by the Council) 

ORGANIZATION : The National Foreign Trade Council was founded in 1914. 

It has a nation-wide membership of over 700; manufacturers and producers, 
exporters and importers, bankers, investment and insurance interests, 
communications and railroad, shipping and air transportation companies. 

The experience, technical knowledge and advice to executives of all branch¬ 
es of industry and commerce that relate to international trade are placed 
at the disposal of the Council, 

It is governed by a Board of Directors elected from the membership. Its 
officers are: president, Eugene P, Thomas; vice president, Will i a m S, 
Swingle; treasurer, Robert H, Patchin; asst, secretary, Robert A, Breen; 
asst, treasurer, Edward L, Behr, Jr, 

OPERATIONS : The Council is a medium for the exchange of information for 
the study and investigation of special problems that arise and for effect¬ 
ive cooperative action and influence where the interests of American foreign 
traders are concerned. It strives to free American trade from the accumu¬ 
lated effect of exchange restrictions, discriminatory compensation agree¬ 
ments, quotas, prohibitive customs regulations, and other barriers to a 
normal flow of trade between the United States and other countries. The 
Council maintains close relationships with the National and International 
Chambers of Commerce, and cooperates with the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of State, Foreign Economic Administration and all other govern¬ 
ment departments and agencies concerned with foreign trade. 

Activities of the Council function through committees composed of its 
own members charged with the study of special problems and areas. The 
Council analyzes legislative proposals affecting foreign trade interests, 
and when the occasion arises, is represented by filing briefs or other 
appropriate action. It provides for its members research and investiga¬ 
tions, surveys and trade information. All members receive Council bulle- 






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tins, pamphlets and a copy of the proceedings of the annual meetings of 
the National Foreign Trade Convention,, Through regular reports, members 
are kept informed on all aspects of the work of the Council and participate 
in the consideration of all important subjects,. The Council's staff are 
available to members for consultation on any subject related to foreign 
trade 0 The Council has organized committees to deal with taxation, trans¬ 
portation, international finance, international business agreements, govern¬ 
ment controls and regulations, censorship and international communications 
restrictions„ Special committees deal with specific foreign areas; The 
Far Eastern, Cuban, Puerto Rican Committees, the Span!sh-American Advisory 
Committee, the Philippine-American Advisory Committee and the Inter-Ameri¬ 
can Advisory Committee„ 

The Foreign Trade Education Committee, in cooperation with government de¬ 
partments, boards of education, schools, colleges and other educational 
bodies has inaugurated a nation-wide campaign to emphasize the importance 
of foreign trade and the promotion of cultural as well as commercial re¬ 
lations with other countries„ This Committee is working with the Division 
of Cultural Relations of the State Department, the Institute of Internation¬ 
al Education and the International Training Administration„ The Council 
took a leading part in the formation of the International Training Admini¬ 
stration, a private non-profit corporation training foreign students in the 
business and industrial practices of the United States,, It is described 
elsewhere in the Directory,, 

The Council sponsors the National Foreign Trade Convention which has been 
attended annually for 31 years by an average of more than 1000 delegates, 
including those from about 25 countries„ Representatives of government 
agencies participate,, At the meetings the problems of American foreign 
trade are discussed with the purpose of making recommendations on policy 
for the guidance of Congress and the country,, Copies of the Final Declara¬ 
tion are available on request,, They cover such topics as Reciprocal 
Trade Agreements, National Shipping Policies, Stabilization of International 
Currencies, Export-Import Bank, etc 0 , and represent the attitudes of major 
business interests in the United States on current problems affecting 
overseas trade,. 

The Council's Foreign Property-Holders Protective Committee has cooperated 
with the Department of State, &he War Department on property and personnel 
to aid in the war effort and in the protection of American property in 
war areaso It conducted research on the experiences in war claims after 
World War I and assists in the formation of groups by countries to aid in 
rehabilitation plans„ 



NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL 


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The Foreign Trad© Reconstruction Committee with a nation-wide personnel 
and several sub-committees is devoted exclusively to postwar international 
problems and is concerned with correlating the research and advisory work 
of other national agencies and their planning committees. The Council 
holds national postwar conferences to discuss international trade problems 
with representatives of 22 national organizations. It publishes monthly 
clearance bulletins and exchanges information with 50 cooperating groups 
throughout the United States. 

FUBLICATIONS : Bulletins, pamphlets and the proceedings of the annual 
meeting. 



















THE national foundation for infantile PARALYSIS, INC. 


Devoted to the fight against infantile paralysis. 


120 Broadway Telephone: Beekman 3-0500 

New York 5, N. Y. 

Basil O'Connor, President 

PURPOSE : "The general purpose of the new foundation will be 

to lead, direct and unify the fight on every phase of this 
sickness." (President Roosevelt, sponsoring The National Foun¬ 
dation for Infantile Paralysis, September 23, 1937) "The Nat¬ 
ional Foundation continues to employ every means known to med¬ 
ical science in its search for the cause, prevention and cure 
of infantile paralysis. Its work will be ever intensified un¬ 
til its objectives are attained." (Basil O'Connor, preface to 
the Foundation's 1943 Annual Report ) 

ORGANIZATION: The Foundation is a nation-wide, voluntary, non¬ 
profit organization. It was sponsored by President Roosevelt 
and was formally established on January 3, 1938. It is sup¬ 
ported entirely by voluntary contributions. Its headquarters 
are in New York City. There are also local chapters, organized 
on a county basis. These now cover most of the nation's 3,070 
counties. Funds raised locally through annual celebrations of 
the President's birthdays are divided, 50 per cent remaining 
in the hands of the local chapter, to finance its services of 
medical and hospital care for infantile paralysis patients, the 
remainder being used by the National Foundation to forward its 
national program of research, education and epidemic aid. 

Basil O'Connor, president of The National Foundation for Infan¬ 
tile Paralysis, Inc., is also chairman of the American National 
Red Cross. Peter J. A. Cusack is executive secretary and Dr. 
Don W. Gudakunst is medical director. D. Walker Wear is direc¬ 
tor of organization of the annual March of Dimes campaign. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Foundation carries on field and 
educational work in Canada, and has made grants for research to 
the University of Toronto and tha University of Manitoba. It 
has aided in giving training in 'pediatrics and orthopedic sur¬ 
gery to many physicians brought to the United States from Latin 
America through the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs. It has given aid in epidemic situations in Argentina 
and has made grants in furtherance of research and educational 
publications to institutions or individuals in Brazil, Chile 
and Venezuela. The Foundation collects and binds yearly all 












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reprints dealing with infantile paralysis published by its many grant¬ 
ees, and has sent a considerable number of such reprints to Russia, 
England, Australia, and the Central and South American countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The Foundation carries on a continuing program 
of research into the nature and behavior of the infantile paralysis 
virus, the treatment and the after-effects of the disease. The pro¬ 
gram is pursued through grants and appropriations to medical schools, 
hospitals, foundations and laboratories throughout the United States 
and elsewhere. It conducts an active educational campaign designed 
to bring the results of such research to the attention of the medi¬ 
cal and related professions. It makes every effort to supply person¬ 
nel and material to meet epidemic demands, in areas in need of them. 
County chapters of the Foundation, operating through voluntary work¬ 
ers, render direct aid to needy victims of infantile paralysis with¬ 
in their territory. They also conduct local general education pro¬ 
grams. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Foundation has three regular publications: the 
National Foundation News , a four-page newspaper issued monthly for 
the use of the chapter officers and members throughout the country; 
an illustrated magazine. Courage , usually published annually (pub¬ 
lication suspended in 1945), popularizing America's fight against 
infantile paralysis; and Collected Reprints of Grantees of the Nat¬ 
ional Foundation , issued annually in book form. The Found‘atToh“aT- 
so publishes a series of instructional pamphlets, as well as its 
annual reports. A number of the pamphlets are available in Spanish 
and seme in other languages. All publications are distributed with¬ 
out charge. 

















THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 


A non-commercial cooperative scientific research undertaking in geography, 
with a large popular membership 0 

16th and M Street, N 0 W 0 Telephones District 3330 

Washington, D 0 C Q Cable Address: NATGEOSOC, Washington 

Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor 

PURPOSES The increase of geographic knowledge and its popular diffusion,, 

ORGANIZATION g The National Geographic Society was organized in 188B 
by a small group of professional geographers! since that time the scope 
of its researches has been broadened to appeal to the layman interested 
in scientific accomplishments 0 

The Society has sent numerous expeditions to various parts of the earth 
to gather data in the fields of geography, geology, volcanology, glaci¬ 
ology, archeology, astronomy, meteorology, and other sciences associated 
with geography,, The scientific results of these expeditions have been 
recorded in a series of published monographs,, The Society puts out 
numerous other publications, including maps 0 To standardize the forms of 
place names from all parts of the world appearing in American newspapers, 
the three leading news services of the United States = Associated Press, 
United Press, and International News Service - adopted the spellings used 
on the Society’s maps 0 

The Society has a well-stocked geographic library, and a complete index 
and cross-index to every picture it has ever printed„ The index contains 
about 250,000 picture and subject entries„ The Society also has a collec¬ 
tion of over 300,000 unpublished photographs 0 It awards medals and cash 
prizes in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of geography,, 
Among the recipients of the medals have been Admiral Robert E 0 Feary, 
Captain Roald Amundsen, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Admiral Richard E 0 Byrd, 

Dr 0 Roy Chapman Andrews, Amelia Earhart, and Lincoln Ellsworth 0 

It is financed by the annual membership dues„ Among the officers are 
Gilbert Grosvenor, president and editor; John Oliver La Gorce, vice-presi¬ 
dent and associate editor; Robert V 0 Fleming, treasurer,, 





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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES g Of the more than one hundred expeditions which 
the Society has sponsored or co-sponsored, the majority have been to 
places outside the United States 0 Among these are archeological expedi¬ 
tions to Mexico and Peru; an expedition to observe* study and photo- 
graph the eclipse of the sun at Canton Island in the mid-Pacific; the 
appropriation of funds enabling the Smithsonian Institution to maintain 
a solar radiation station in Africa for six years; an expedition along 
the historic caravan routes of Asia; and various Polar expeditions, notably 
those of Peary and Byrd 0 

The Society exchanges publications and mapping information with geograph¬ 
ic societies in foreign lands, and has a very large number of foreign 
members ~ about 85,000 before the war Q The Society 9 s publications and 
maps are, of course, chiefly concerned with other countries, and during 
the war it has supplied scores of thousands of these maps to the Armed 
Forces and other departments of the United States Government„ 

MEMBERSHIP : Members receive The National Geographic Magazine and all 
maps, as issued,. There are now over 1,250,000 members-, 

PUBLICATIONS g 

National Geographic Magazine n monthly„ $3 ,50 a year 0 Large wall 

maps are included with the subscription, usually in four issues a year Q 
Beginning with 1924, volumes in half-morocco binding are available at 
tlOoOO a year 0 

Cumulative Index to the National Geographic Magaaine from 1899 to 

1944 . |lo75o To keep this Index up-to-date, a Cumulative Supplement 

is issued in February of each year at 25£o 

Technical Papers n In these the results of the expeditions are 
published;, 

School Bulletins „ These contain current geographic information 0 

Also various nature studies on birds, fishes, wild flowers, wild 
animals, etc 0 













NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL, INC. 


A conference tody of national voluntary health organizations. 

Boom 1316# 1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-S000 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Eleanor Brown Merrill, President 

Grace Hooper, Business Manager 

HJHPOSE : To serve as a national clearing house for voluntary 
health agencies; to aid in coordinating the activities and in 
promoting the cooperative relations of its members; to carry on 
directly such projects as have been agreed upon from time to 
time; to cooperate with official, federal, state and local health 
authorities, related health agencies and community groups in pro¬ 
moting better health in the United States. 

ORGANIZATION : The Council is the parent organization of l4 na¬ 
tional organizations. In addition, it has two advisory members 
(United States Public Health Service and the Children's Bureau 
of the United States Department of Labor) and six associate mem¬ 
ber organizations. 

The Council, which began to function officially in 1921, was in¬ 
corporated under the laws of New York State in 1932. Por over 20 
years leading public health administrators and sanitarians had 
advocated some national clearing house for voluntary health agen¬ 
cies. Conferences on the subject had been held under various 
auspices, including the Council on Health and Public Instruction 
of the American Medical Association. In 1913 a study of 24 or¬ 
ganizations considered to be national in scope and devoted pri¬ 
marily to public health was reported to a special meeting of 
interested foundations and agencies during the annual meeting of 
the American Public Health Association in 1913- A continuation 
committee collected further data, and in 1919 another confer¬ 
ence on the subject was held. This was followed by a resurvey 
under a special committee financed by the American Red Cross. 
Finally, fonnal steps were taken to create the National Health 
Council with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and an administra¬ 
tive office in New York City. Since then the Council is carrying 
on its work at its present headquarters, 1/90 Broadway, New York 
City. 

The member agencies elect representatives to the Council and 
govern its activities. These 22 organizations are concerned 
with major fields of public health work in America: 





NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL, INC. -2- 


The American Bed Cross might be thought of as representing the 
general American public. 

A large proportion of professional health workers are repre¬ 
sented by the American Public Health Association, the Conference 
of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America, and 
the National Committee of Health Council Executives. 

Both professional and lay groups interested in nursing are repre¬ 
sented by the American Nurses' Association and the National Or¬ 
ganization for Public Health Nursing. 

The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, the Ameri¬ 
can Society for the Hard of Hearing, the Maternity Center Associ¬ 
ation, American Eugenics Society, Inc., and Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America, Inc., represent activities in their re¬ 
spective fields. The interests of special groups for promoting 
mental hygiene and social hygiene, for combating tuberculosis, 
cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and epilepsy are represented 
respectively by the National Committee for Mental ffygieae. the 
American Social Hygiene Association, the National Tuberculosis 
Association, the American Society for the Control of Cancer, 
the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Associa¬ 
tion, and the American Epilepsy League. The American Associa¬ 
tion of Medical Socisl Workers represents this field on the 
Council. 

Questions that clearly come within the province of one or the 
other of the member organizations should be sent to them (q.v.). 
General health questions may be sent to Mrs. Grace Hooper, busi¬ 
ness manager of the Council, who is responsible for bringing 
such questions before the executive group for joint as well as 
individual consideration. The Council was organized to coordi¬ 
nate the activities of the constituent agencies, and to provide 
common services, such as the National Health Library, shipping, 
bookkeeping, telephone, multigraphing, letter service, proof¬ 
reading, film distribution, purchase of printing and other 
service activities. The department in charge of these common 
services supervises all rental arrangements, office care and 
similar matters for member agencies, many of which are lo¬ 
cated at 1790 Broadway, New York City. Combined office space 
represents approximately 62,000 square feet and houses a staff 
of around 400 in the constituent organizations. 

From time to time, members of the Council institute joint pro¬ 
jects, such as information services regarding motion picture 
films on health subjects, conferences, health examinations, 
health poster lists, and especially prepared bibliographies. 



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Chief distinction of the National Health Library is its index of 
current periodical health literature, which is the most complete 
of any library in the United States. Besides general public 
health and personal hygiene, the main subjects covered are blind¬ 
ness prevention, child health, health education, mental hygiene, 
nursing, nutrition, personal health, public health nursing, 
psychoanalysis, sex education, tuberculosis, social hygiene and 
venereal disease prevention. Primarily for the use of the staffs 
and members of the supporting agencies, the collection now con¬ 
tains about 6,000 volumes, 30*000 pamphlets and 500 periodicals, 
including health bulletins and reports from the states and 
principal cities of this country. 

The Library, which is supported by special contributions from 
member agencies and by membership fees, does not have any 
pamphlets for free distribution or sale. It does have avail¬ 
able or will compile bibliographies and reference lists on 
special subjects at a nominal cost. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council has no immediate affili¬ 
ations with foreign organizations, except as its constituent 
member organizations may have such connections. 

The Council does have names of health agencies and similar orga¬ 
nizations in Canada, China, Cuba, Hawaii, South Africa, South 
America (Uruguay and Peru) on its exchange mailing list for the 
Health Articles of the Week (see PUBLICATIONS below). 

PUBLICATIONS: Health Articles of the Week — an index to current 
periodical literature on public health; four pages; mimeographed; 
$2.50 per year; published weekly by the National Health Library 
of the Council. 

The National Health Series — a set of 20 popular health books; 
assembled and edited by the Council; published by Punk and 
Wagnalls Company. 

















NATIONAL INDORSATION BUREAU, INC . 

A nonprofit, membership corporation which sets standards for, 
investigates, and reports on private American philanthropic 
organizations. 

205 East 42nd Street Telephone: Lexington 2-8595 

New York 17, N. Y. Cable Address: NATINBU 

B. Paul Reed, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : To maintain ”the faith of American contributors in 
philanthropic trusteeship, by simultaneous maintenance of basic 
standards in the field of philanthropic trusteeship, by assist¬ 
ing inexperienced trustees in the meeting of the Bureau’s 
standards, by withholding approval from organizations which fail 
to measure up to these standards, and by providing advisory in¬ 
formation to group leaders and individual contributors.” 

(Official statement) 

OHjMIZATION : The Bureau was created in 1918 "to meet the threat 
to faith in philanthropic leadership growing out of the existence 
in national and international war relief agencies of incompetent, 
careless, and unscrupulous philanthropic leadership.” 

It concentrated first on war relief agencies, later extending its 
accrediting and education program to other charitable and philan¬ 
thropic agencies, national and international, not including, 
however, religious and certain educational institutions. 

Its contributing members are individuals, 29 foundations, busi¬ 
ness and nonprofit organizations, chambers of commerce and some 
700 local community chests and councils of welfare agencies 
throughout the United States. 

The organization operates under the guidance of officers, a board 
of directors, and a paid staff headed by Mr. Rsed. 

In its educational program, the Bureau attempts ”to educate and 
arouse philanthropic leaders who are strategically located to 
influence philanthropy, national and international.” When a new 
philanthropic agency appears, that agency is urged to meet 
essential standards for philanthropy and is advised on its weak¬ 
nesses. If the organization's program is substandard, the Bureau 
reports this fact to prospective givers who are eligible to 
receive the Bureau's reports on request. 







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In 1944 the Bureau was asked for reports on about 75^ philan¬ 
thropic organizations; reports were wired or mailed in response 
to inquiries in 43 states and the District of Columbia. In all, 
the organization has reported on more than 4,000 national and 
international agencies. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: After the last war, the Bureau from 
time to time sent a small staff abroad to survey needs and worth¬ 
while organizations. In 1920, three men were sent to Russia for 
a year, and in 1939-40 the Bureau had a representative in France. 

WAR OPERATIONS: The Bureau cooperates with many branches of the 
government by making available its information on organizations. 
It has worked with the State Department and the FBI, helped to 
set up the organization of the President's War Relief Control 
Board, works with UNERA. It deals with the various foreign re¬ 
lief agencies, such as the Greek War Relief Association and the 
British War Relief Society. 

There is a possibility that a staff of one or two people will be 
sent to Europe when conditions permit, but in the meantime the 
Bureau must depend on the State Department, UNRRA or OWI for 
information. There is the greatest likelihood that the Bureau 
will turn to OWI for a report on the value and necessity of 
philanthropic organizations in many parts of Europe. 

MEMBERSHIP : Minimum contributing membership fee for individuals 
is flO.OO. For corporations, it is $25.00. 

PUBLICATIONS : Confidential reports prepared for its members, 
annual Giver's Guide and occasional special news bulletins. 







NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD 


The national association of Young Ken's and Young Women's Hebrew 
Associations and of Jewish community centers, and the official agency 
representing the American Jewish community in its relationships to 
the 'Aar and Navy Departments. 

145 East 32nd Street Telephone: Lexington 2-4949 

New York 16, N. Y. 6 

Louis Kraft, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: To serve the program needs and furnish trained personnel 
for Jewish community centers; and to furnish Jewish members of the 
armed forces with religious, recreational and cultural services. 

ORGANIZATION : The original Jewish Welfare Board was established in 
1917 to service members of the armed forces. In 1921 it added work 
in Jewish community centers; this became its main preoccupation until 
World War II. The Jewish Welfare Board is supported by local Jewish 
Welfare Funds in Jewish communities of the country. 37 national 
organizations are affiliated or cooperate with JWB. The Board is 
governed a National Council consisting of representatives of 
the national affiliated bodies and the local Jewish centers. 

The most important operations of the Jewish Welfare Board are car¬ 
ried on by two divisions, the Army and Navy Division, which serves 
the armed forces in war and peace and the Jewish Center Division 
which deals with the problems and needs of communities in the fields 
of recreation, education and Jewish cultural activity. 

The Jewish Center Division furnishes service, guidance, personnel 
and training for 300 Jewish community centers with 400,000 individual 
members. Services performed by the Division for the Centers in¬ 
clude the compiling of research and statistics, conducting evalua¬ 
tions of Center work, training professional workers, giving aid in 
program building and in the administration of the Centers. 

There are 8 regional sections of the Jewish Center Division to super¬ 
vise and aid the work of the Centers, each with an office and staff 
supplied by JWB. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Army and Navy Division is organized into 9 
regional commands. In 1943 approximately 600 Army and Navy committees, 
throughout continental United States and abroad, served more than 
1000 military and naval stations. JWB also serves military hospitals, 
convalescent centers and university training programs. The JWB is 
accredited by the Veteran's Administration to handle veteran's 
claims and to serve in veteran's hospitals. 






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As a part of the USO, the Jewish Welfare Board participates in all 
its activities, and these services are available to all members of 
the armed forces without distinction of origin or religion. As 
with other agencies of the USO, the Board also operates programs of 
its own in regions where the USO, does not operate. 

In 1943 the JWB was authorized by the War and Navy Departments, the 
USO and the Red Cross, to send commissioners and organizers into 
war theaters to establish programs of community hospitality and re¬ 
ligious cooperation. The Jewish Hospitality Committee of Great 
Britain comprising local communities and servicemen 1 s clubs was 
organized in England and Northern Ireland. Liaison has been estab¬ 
lished between the Jewish Hospitality Committee and Jev/ish Chaplains 
abroad. Similar arrangements have been made in other combat areas. 

JWB is the agency which accredits rabbis as chaplains to the army 
and navy. Rabbis representing the Jewish Welfare Boards visit all 
regions where the U.S. Armed Forces are stationed and inspect the 
work of the Chaplains Corps for the central office. JWB has brought 
together representatives of the orthodox, conservative and reformed 
congregations to agree upon devotional literature acceptable for all 
Jews in the armed forces. The Board issues many religious publica¬ 
tions for men and women in the service and aids them in observing 
the various Jewish holidays and festivals. In overseas areas, the 
direct services are rendered by the Jewish chaplains, the JWB assist¬ 
ing them. 

The Personal Service Department helps service men and women with 
their individuals problems arising out of the war. Counseling, 
guidance and other services are rendered by the Board's workers 
in cooperation with Red Cross field workers and Jewish family 
welfare societies. 

The Bureau of Wiar Records, in cooperation with local units of the 
Board and affiliated organizations, is compiling the record of Jewish 
participation and achievement in the war. The Public Relations Com¬ 
mittee is engaged in publicizing the contributions of Jewish soldiers 
and sailors. This public education program includes releases to the 
newspapers, the publication of pamphlets and other media. The Board 
issues annually Fighting for America , presenting in book form the 
most comprehensive record so far published of t v e part Jewish service¬ 
men are playing in this war. 

POSTWAR PLANS : A conference was held in 1944 which set the founda¬ 
tions for the Board's post-war plans. Consideration was given to 
youth programs, to participation of the Jewish center in community 
planning and to programs for returning servicemen. 





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PUBLICATIONS : Program Aids , a quarterly folder of program informa¬ 
tion, resources and suggestions for Jewish Center activities - $2 
to non-member groups, free to constituent societies. Pamphlets on 
leadership training, the Jewish holidays, a kit on post-war Jewish 
problems and others range in price from 35^ to $1. The Army and 
Navy Division publishes for mass distribution to the armed forces 
and to JWB groups working with them, many pamphlets, bulletins and 
small books of religious, recreational and educational interest. 
Already mentioned is Fighting for America , the annual record of Jewish 
contribution to the war, which sells for 50£. The principal periodi¬ 
cals published by JVsB are the Jewish Center and the JWB Sentinel . 

















national league of nursing education 

A membership association interested in all phases of nursing educa¬ 
tion. 

1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-8000 

New York 19, N. Y. Extension 82 


Miss Adelaide A. Mayo, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To work for the improvement of nursing education; to de¬ 
fine and maintain in schools of nursing throughout the country mini¬ 
mum standards for admission and graduation; to assist in furthering 
all matters pertaining to public health; to aid in all measures for 
public good by cooperating with other bodies, educational, philan¬ 
thropic, and social; to promote by meetings, papers, and discus¬ 
sions, cordial professional relations and fellowship and in all 
ways to develop and maintain the highest ideals in the nursing 
profession." (From the organization's constitution and by-laws) 

ORGANIZATION: The League is a private organization composed of 
nurses engaged in various advisory, executive or teaching posi¬ 
tions in schools of nursing, hospitals, public health agencies 
and government nursing services. Founded in 1893, it now has 
7,492 members. 

The organization functions as the department of education of the 
American Nurses' Association; the American Journal of Nursing is 
the official magazine. Its three ex-officio directors are the 
president of the American Nurses' Association, the president of 
the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, and the editor 
of the American Journal of Nursing . 

The organization operates under the guidance of officers, directors 
and a paid staff headed by the executive secretary. Among its 
special committees are the following: committee on the administra¬ 
tion of the accrediting program; committee on measurement and edu¬ 
cational guidance; and committee on educational problems in wartime. 
The League holds an annual convention. 

It works through state and local leagues throughout the United 
States and Puerto Rico. These constituent bodies conform in 
their by-laws and functions to those of the national body. The 
League works closely with the United States Office of Education, 
United States Public Health Service, and the Children's Bureau of 
the United States Department of Labor. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Although the National League maintains 
a correspondence with nurses and similar groups abroad, any work 









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or plans for activity overseas is handled tjy the International 
Council of Nurses. Foreign nurses have visited the League 
while in this country. 

POSTWAR PLANS : In the field of postwar planning, the National 
League is: (l) collecting and preparing statistical data and 
educational material; (2) continuing the study and improvement 
of nursing education affecting basic professional and advanced 
postgraduate programs; (3) emphasizing the preparation of 
nurses for faculty positions in all of the clinical fields; 

(4) furthering the development of orthopedic nursing through 
better use of teaching facilities and resources; and (5) de¬ 
veloping centers where nurses can practice orthopedic nursing. 

MEMBERSHIP : Active (including sustaining and junior active), 
lay and honorary. Dues vary from $2 to $8 with the type of 
membership. 

PUBLICATIONS : The League issues numerous publications, including: 
Annual Report — $2 (free to members). 







NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 


Scientific professional organization of Negro physicians in the 
United States. 

Room 1239 Telephones Circle 7-4122 

30 Rockefeller Flaza 
New York 20, N. Y. 

Dr. P. 15. Murray, Chairman of Publication Committee 

PURPOSE : The scientific advancement of Negro physicians. 

ORGANIZATION : The National Medical Association was founded in 
Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895 during the meeting of the Great Cotton 
States Eicposition. A colored minister of the Methodist li^iscopal 
Church was a member of the commission. It was at his suggestion 
that a small group of Negro doctors met on this occasion and ef¬ 
fected the organization of the Association. A prominent member 
of that group was Dr. Daniel H. Williams, a Negro surgeon of 
Chicago, founder of the Provident Hospital Training School for 
Negro Nurses, and the first surgeon of record to suture success¬ 
fully the pericardium of the human heart. 

From this small beginning the Association has steadily grown to 
its present membership of about 1,500 out of the 4,000 Negro 
physicians in the United States. The organization also embraces 
the interests of dentistry and pharmacy (although there is a 
separate organization of Negro dentists, the National Dental As¬ 
sociation) . The Association's meetings are held annually in the 
leading cities and other favorable localities of the United States. 

Similar in pattern to the American Medical Association, the 
National Medical Association is the parent organization of Negro 
physicians and has member groups in nearly all states. It is 
comprised of sections on medicine, surgery, public health, and 
eye, ear, nose and throat. It has two liaison committees, one 
working with various government agencies, the other with the 
American Medical Association, toward enlarging the opportunities 
for Negro physicians and elevating the standards of practice. 

It works with the two leading Negro colleges of medicine, 

Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., and 
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. The Association 
also works with the Army and Navy in an advisory capacity. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Association has a considerable 
interest in Haiti and the British West Indies, from which the 
Negro medical schools in the United States draw a number of 








NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION -2 


student8, but has no affiliations outside of the United States 
and no arrangements for the extension of its services or aid 
to groups abroad. There are three or four foreign organiza¬ 
tions (in Canada, India, British West Indies) on the exchange 
list for the Association’s publication, the Journal . The 
organization feels that the CWI can be of great service in 
popularizing the work that Negro professional organizations 
are doing and can help in stimulating an international ex¬ 
change of the Journal . 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Journal of the National Medical Association — issued bi¬ 
monthly? subscription $3 a year. 







NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL. INC. 


Nonprofit membership corporation composed of musical associations 
of national scope in the United States. 

338 West 89th Street Telephone: Schuyler 4-0261 

New York 24, N. Y. 


Howard Hanson, President 
Edwin Hughes, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : (1) To provide the member organizations with a forum for 
free discussion of problems affecting the national musical life of 
this country; (2) to speak with one voice for music whenever an 
authoritative expression of opinion is desirable; (3) to provide 
for the interchange of information between the various member 
organizations; (4) to encourage the coordination of efforts of 
the member organizations, thereby avoiding duplication or conflict; 
(5) to organize exploratory surveys or fact-finding commissions 
whenever the Council shall deem them necessary for the solution of 
important problems; (6) to encourage the development and apprecia¬ 
tion of the art of music and to foster the highest ethical stand¬ 
ards in the professions and industries, 

ORGANIZATION : The Council was organized in 1940, with a membership 
of 13 associations. It now includes 42 nationally active musical 
organizations, with a combined individual membership of 600,000. 
This membership includes 27 professional and 15 commercial or 
industrial organizations. 

The Council, at its general meetings, discusses current problems 
of national significance of the American musical world, including 
the use of music in aid of the prosecution of the war. Resolu¬ 
tions passed on the discussion subjects are, in appropriate 
instances, brought to the attention of Congress and of government 
officials. The Council also seeks to stimulate national musical 
activities in the United States in various ways. 

An important activity of the Council is the making of surveys on 
subjects of national musical importance. It has made annual 
surveys since 1941 on the programs of the major symphony orches¬ 
tras, surveys on the use of music in shipyards (made for the United 
States Maritime Commission), state and municipal financial sup¬ 
port of music activities, the performance of Latin American 
compositions by the major symphony orchestras (made for the music 
advisory committee of the Department of State), women players in 
symphony orchestras, and others, including a survey on the use of 
music in hospitals for mental and nervous diseases, the first 





NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL. INC, -2- 


nation-wide survey on this subject ever attempted. The report 
on this survey has had national publicity and has been sent to 
every important hospital in the country, including Army and 
Navy hospitals. The policy of the Council is to give exten¬ 
sive national publicity to all its surveys and releases. 

Even before our entry into the war, the Council established 
connections with all government departments and agencies in 
Washington using music, or considered to be potential users 
of music. The president of the Council was appointed to 
membership on the subcommittee on music of the joint Army and 
Navy committee for welfare and recreation, and on the music 
advisory committee of the Department of State. He was also 
appointed expert consultant on music to the Secretary of War. 

The services of the Council in the national use of music 
during war were offered to and accepted by various federal 
departments and agencies, and valuable assistance has been 
rendered to these in many instances. (From Report of the 
Executive Committee. 19AA. ) 

It was necessary to have additional reprints made of the 
survey on the use of music in shipyards, because of a large 
number of requests by writers who wished to use this material 
for articles on music in industry. These requests came large¬ 
ly through publicity given the survey by the Office of War 
Information. The Council gave assistance to OWI in a campaign 
for more articles on the war in musical journals and more 
articles about the use of music in connection with the war in 
general magazines. (From Report of the Executive Committee. 

im) 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council has no foreign affilia¬ 
tions, but is interested in foreign musical activities and 
welcomes correspondence with similar organizations abroad. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership in the National Music Council is limited 
to musical organizations that are national in scope and activity. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council publishes every four months the 
National Music Council Bulletin ($2.50 a year), which includes 
not only information on the activities of its member organiza¬ 
tions, but also articles on government musical activities, 
government regulations concerning music, articles on subjects 
of general interest in music, and the results of the Council's 
surveys in various fields of music. 










THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION, INC . 

A unique .American organization for young musicians. 

119 West 57 th Street Telephone: Circle 7-1228 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Leon Barzin, Musical Director 
Barnett Byman, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : To give gifted young music students intensive training in 
orchestral technique, routine and repertory in order that they may ac¬ 
quire the necessary experience for placement with major symphony 
orchestras. 

OR&ANIZATIQN : The Association was organized in 1930 to bridge the gap 
between the time when music students graduate from music schools or 
private teachers and the time when, fully prepared, they have had 
sufficient experience to play with large orchestras. It serves as a 
proving ground for both music and musicians, educating players, train¬ 
ing orchestral conductors, helping young soloists by giving them oppor¬ 
tunities to rehearse and play with the orchestra, and young composers 
by rehearsing their manuscript works. 

By actual count, 5°0 of the 1500 members enrolled since the Association 
was founded, have joined leading symphony ensembles. 

On an average, 130 students about 23 years of age are selected from 
about 25 O applicants every year for symphonic training with the Associ¬ 
ation's orchestra. Only musicians well advanced in the study and 
mastery of orchestral instruments can be considered. They are accepted 
on probation and must relinquish their places if progress at rehearsals 
seems insufficient. 

The Organization considers applicants without regard to race, sex, re¬ 
ligion or color. 

The Association is recognized by the New York Board of Regents as an 
educational institution. 

It makes available various aids to accepted applicants. For instance, 
25 instruments are regularly available for the use of student members 
of the orchestra. A special loan fund is maintained to give emergency 
aid to deserving members of the training orchestra who become eligible 
for this special consideration after a minimum membership of one year. 
There is no tuition charge to students. 

The Association is governed by an executive committee and a board of 
16 directors. Leon Barzin has been musical director since its incep¬ 
tion. The work of the organization is supported entirely by member¬ 
ships, which vary from $ 1.00 to $ 5,000 and over. 





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Each member receives reserved seat tickets for the Monday Evening Con¬ 
certs held by the Association in Carnegie Hall during the season. In 
addition, the orchestra plays a special series, now known as the 
Gabrilowitsch Memorial Series. Inaugurated in 193 4 with Ossip 
Oabrilowitsch, the Special Series has given to students of the train¬ 
ing orchestra the opportunity of studying and playing with great 
artists most of the standard concerto literature that has been written 
for piano, violin and 'cello. Since 19*+0, the G-abrilowitsch Memorial 
Series has presented special events, particularly in the choral field. 

The number of concerts in this series varies from two to five. 

Each year the Association has acted as a laboratory in trying to solve 
some problem in the field of music. One year it experimented in the 
simplification of staging of opera; another year it made the first 
concerted effort to encourage and support American artists and composers, 
devoting an entire series of five concerts to works by American com¬ 
posers who had won prizes in composition contests sponsored by leading 
organizations in the USA. In addition, each program featured an Ameri¬ 
can soloist who was a prize winner in artists' contests. 

For several years experiments were made with the aid of choral groups 
in presenting choral works in concert halls and in church, giving 
listeners the opportunity of deciding whether Masses are most effec¬ 
tive in the concert hall or in the church, for which they were orig¬ 
inally written. 

Since November, 19^3* Station WNYC has broadcast part of the regular 
Friday afternoon rehearsal at five o'clock. Called "Behind the Scenes 
in Music", the presentation is completely informal. This season the 
broadcast time was increased from a half-hour to forty-five minutes. 

Also this season twenty-six rehearsal broadcasts were devoted to read¬ 
ings of American compositions with the composer present to discuss the 
work with the conductor during rehearsal. 

As an additional activity this year, the Association has undertaken to 
give a series of Treasury Concerts for purchasers of War Bonds. World 
famous artists appeared as soloists and the concerts given in the re¬ 
hearsal quarters of the Association on Sunday evenings were broadcast 
over WQXR. Begun on November 12th and originally planned to end 
January 28th, the series has proved so successful that advance sales 
of war bonds compelled the extension of this series through April. A 
total of 25 War Bond concerts was given. 

Another educational activity of growing usefulness maintained by the 
Association is a lending library. Its materials are available to or¬ 
ganized amateur and school orchestras in the metropolitan area of New 
York on a minimum rental fee basis. 


A statistical summary of the Association's activities during the year 
1943-1944 shows the following: 114 orchestra rehearsals totalling 
342 hours; 44 young musicians given an opportunity to play concertos 
with the orchestra at rehearsals; 252 divisional rehearsals; 97 



THE NATIO NAL ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION. INC . -3- 


compositions read and rehearsed; 8 concerts; 22 artists appeared as 
soloists at concerts; 14 young conductors given more than 170 opportuni¬ 
ties to work with the medium of a live orchestra; 39 demonstrations of 
orchestra instruments given in 14 public and private schools. 

M E M BERSHIP : Students are expected to become members of the Association 
at the minimum, subscription of $1.00 a year. Patrons pay from $1.00 to 
$5,000 for their memberships, which include reserved seats for the con¬ 
certs given by the Association orchestra. 

PUBLICATIONS i 


So Practical a Contribution - a 90 page book 
Various leaflets of current interest. 













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national organization for public HEALTH NURSING. INC . 

An association to make nursing service more widely available on high 
standards. 


1790 Broadway Telephones Circle 5-8000 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Marion W. Sheahan, R.N., President 

Ruth Houlton, R.N., General Director 

PURPOSE: The National Organization for Public Health Nursing was 
founded in 1912, to meet the need for a central body to help develop 
and maintain high standards of public health nursing service in every 
community and to further cooperation between public health nurses 
and all those interested in public health work. 

ORGANIZATION: The National Organization for Public Health Nursing is 
a membership organization made ui of two types of members, individual 
and agency. Individual membership includes all those concerned with 
the development of public health nursing as a sound community program - 
nurses, board and committee members, health officials, physicians and 
other public-spirited citizens. The agencies are those responsible 
for public health nursing services. As of 1945 there are 11,080 
individual members (10,247 nurses and 833 others) and 353 agency mem¬ 
bers. There are also state branches of the N0PHN in 21 states. 

The organization is supported by membership dues, voluntary contri¬ 
butions, and payment for services rendered. Income for 1944 totalled 
$192,554.03. 

Sections are organized to represent different phases of public health 
nursing, such as: (l) Board and Committee Members Section composed 
chiefly of board and committee members of local public health nursing 
services; (2) School Nursing Section offering the school nurses through¬ 
out the country opportunity for the consideration of and action in 
their special field; (3) Industrial Nursing Section which serves the 
same purposes for industrial nurses as outlined for the school nursing 
group; (4) Nurse-midwives Section for nurse midwives in public health 
agencies, authorized in 1944 to help this new group to find its place 
in the public health program. In addition, the work of the N0FHN is 
guided by a variety of committees and councils. 

Services are as follows: (l) collection of information and answering 
of questions about public health nursing; (2) advice on current public 
health nursing problems perplexing communities, nurses and their 
employing agencies; (3) definition of the functions and qualifications 
of the public health nurse out of a pooling of experiences of many 





NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR FUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. INC 


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agencies and individuals; setting of standards based on practices 
proven effective and sound in all types of services; ( 4 ) publication 
of up-to-the-minute information about latest developments in all 
fields of public health nursing — by means of a monthly magazine, 
quarterly news bulletin to members, studies, surveys, committee re¬ 
ports, and other numerous publications; (5) representation of public 
health nursing on committees of federal and other national agencies; 

(6) setting standards for the evaluation of postgraduate programs 
in public health nursing education, their accreditation and assistance 
with the integration of the social and health concepts in the basic 
curriculum; (7) promotion of public understanding and use of public 
health nursing services; (8) fostering of well coordinated public 
health nursing services in areas that need them, particularly where 
wartime conditions result in critical health problems; (9) community 
studies and surveys of public health nursing services, upon request, 
to determine how they can best be organized economically and efficient¬ 
ly for the greatest good of the greatest number of people; (10) help¬ 
ing in the recruitment of public health nurses and equitable distri¬ 
bution throughout moral and urban areas of the country. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? NOPHN has representatives on a Joint Com¬ 
mittee on Inter-American Nursing, formed by the NOFHN, American Nurs¬ 
ing Association and National League of Nursing Education. This com¬ 
mittee, though formed from three American national societies, has 
an international purpose. It helps to plan programs for Latin Ameri¬ 
can student nurses brought to the United States by Rockefeller, 

Kellogg, Red Cross and other fellowships, or sent by their own coun¬ 
tries. The Joint Committee is working also to get suitable text¬ 
books into Latin American nursing schools. 

The NOPHN has helped UNRRA to find nurse personnel. Some of its mater¬ 
ial on orthopedic nursing has been microfilmed and sent to China; 
one orthopedic nursing book on infantile paralysis has been translated 
into Spanish and circulated widely. The NOPHN cooperates with the 
American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. It has prepared a list of 
sound and silent motion pictures and film strips on public health 
nursing, which are available from various organizations and on various 
terms. 

Public Health Nursing had subscribers in every country, but many sub¬ 
scriptions were forced by the war to lapse. A few copies are being 
held for those who have so requested, but outside of these many issues 
have been exhausted. 

In non-English speaking countries some of the functions of NOPHN tend 
to be performed by government agencies together with the regular pro¬ 
fessional nurses* organizations such as correspond to the American 
Nurses' Association. Although these countries may not need a private- 





NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR FUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. INC . -3- 

ly financed organization such as NOFHN to fill the gap between the 
individual employment of nurses and the state-financed health services, 
yet the methods and operations of American public health nursing may 
be of great interest to the medical and health organs of all coun¬ 
tries . 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The NQPHN is one of six national social and health 
agencies which formed the American War-Community Services for meeting 
war-created needs in places where facilities are non-existent or 
notoriously inadequate. The other members of AWCS are the Child 
Welfare League of America, Family Welfare Association of America, 
National Institute for Immigrant Welfare, National Urban League and 
the National Board of YWCA. 

The special project of NOPHN was to select some 50 most needful communi¬ 
ties from the 500 war communities and to provide them with nursing 
care for men, women and children, sick at home, with home maternity 
care to ease hospital overcrowding and to assist in the guarding of 
the health of children in day care centers where no full-time nurse 
can be obtained. 

MEMBERSHIP : 

1. Individual, nurse, associate nurse, lay (more than one-eighth 
of the membership is non-professional), $3; life, $100. 

2. Agency, 1 per cent of the agency* s total expenditure for pub¬ 
lic health nursing during the last fiscal year, with minimum dues of 
$10 and $25 and maximum of $1,000. 

3. Associate agency, $5. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Public Health Nursing , monthly; $2 a year to members, $3 to others. 

P H N . four issues annually; free to members. 

Manual of Public Health Nursing (New York: Macmillan), $2.50. 

Board Members* Manual (New York: Macmillan), $1.50. 

Survey of Public Health Nursing (New York: Commonwealth Fund), $2. 

Suggestions for Statistical Retorting and Cost Computation in 
Fublic"Health Nursing (NOPHN). single copy free to members. 25^ to 
non-members. 

Personnel Policies In Public Health Nursing , by Marian G. Randall 
(New York: Macmillan), $2. 

Public Health Nursing in Industry , by Violet H. Hodson (New York: 
Macmillan), $2. 















NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. INC , -4“ 

Guide for Local.Communities Establishing New Public Health Nursing 
Services , free. 

Recommended Qualifications for Public Health Nursing lersonnel . free. 

Public Health Nursing , by Mary S. Gardiner, R.N. (New Yorks Mac¬ 
millan) , $3. 

The Public Health Nurse in Action, by Marguerite Wales (New York: 
Macmillan), $3.50. 









NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION 


A voluntary, non-profit organization guarding Americans heritage 
of scenic wilderness* 

1214 16th Street y N 0 W 0 Telephones District 2177 

Washington 6* D 0 C c 

Deveaeux Butcher, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE S w To promote the preservation of primeval conditions in 
the national parks, and in certain national monuments, and to main¬ 
tain the high standards of the national parks adopted at the crea¬ 
tion of the National Park Service 0 ” (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION S The National Parks Association was established in 
1919 to preserve the natural conditions within America’s national 
reservations 0 The Association also stands ready to preserve wilder¬ 
ness country and its virgin forests, plant life and wildlife in 
other parts of the country and to promote their widespread appre¬ 
ciation* 

The Board of Trustees of the Association includes representatives 
of the following organizationss National Research Council, Ameri¬ 
can Association for the Advancement of Science, National Wildlife 
Federation, National Audubon Society, American Federation of Arts, 
Colorado Mountain Club, Appalachian Mountain Club, American Associa¬ 
tion for Adult Education, American Alpine Club, American Society 
of Naturalists, American Committee for International Wildlife Pro¬ 
tection, American Society of Landscape Architects, American Historical 
Association, Garden Club of America, American Society of Mammalogists, 
Association of American Geographers, Geological Society of America, 
Sierra Club, National Council of State Garden Clubs, National Aca¬ 
demy of Sciences, American Association of Botanical Gardens and 
Arboretums, Ecological Society of America, American Ornithologists 
Union, General Federation of Women 8 s Clubs, American Nature Associa¬ 
tion, Botanical Society of America, Boone and Crockett Club, isaak 
Walton League of America, Boy Scouts of America, American Forestry 
Associationo 

The functions of the Association consist in bringing before the pub¬ 
lic the importance of preserving the few remnants of the original 
wilderness of North America* The Association follows all legislation 
which may threaten national parks, and makes such information available 
to its members through its official magazine 0 The Association op¬ 
poses all violation of the sanctity of the national parks by com¬ 
mercial or other interests, and points the way to more constructive 
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NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION -2- 


INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ? The Association feels that American ex¬ 
perience in this field may be of assistance to other countries, 
especially the Iatin American countries and China, where leaders are 
trying to promote much-needed conservation measures«, 

Major Harold J 0 Coolidge, Jr 0 , a member of the Board of the Associa¬ 
tion, represents the American Committee for International Wildlife 
Protection, which focusses American interests in conservation abroad 0 
There are also some contacts maintained with the British group in¬ 
terested in nature protection, The Bureau of Animal Population at 
Oxford University,, 

MEMBERSHIP S There are the following classes of membership, all of 
which include subscription to National Parks Magazine s 

Annual memberships $3o00 per year 

Supporting membership: $5 o 00 per year 

Sustaining membership: $10 o 00 per year 


Contributing memberships 
Life memberships 
Patron membership: 


$25oOO per year 
$100 0 00 
$1000000 


PUBLICATIONS s 


, quarterly, issued for members 







NATIONAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION 


A non-profit, non-political organization devoted to planning ty Ameri¬ 
cans in agriculture, business, labor and government 0 

800 21st Street, NoWo Telephone: District 3860 

Washington 6, D 0 C Q 

E 0 Jo Coil, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "To discover how the American people can use their manpower, 
capital and raw materials to provide themselves with the highest possible 
standard of living on a continuing basis 0 " (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The National Planning Association was organized in 1934 by 
a group of men experienced in management, labor and government,, The impetus 
behind this gathering was their common belief that planning is as necessary 
to a nation as to an individual or a business „ The NPA serves as a com¬ 
mon meeting ground for those concerned with national development, and pro¬ 
vides basic information on emerging national and international problems 0 

The officers of the Association include? chairman, H„ Christian Sonne; 
vice chairmen, Marion H 0 Hedges, Clinton S„ Golden, Stacy May, Beardsley 
Ruml, Theodore W Q Schultz 0 

OPERATIONS : The work of the Association is carried on by a staff of 37 
and several committees 0 The staff provides research and administrative 
services to the committees and serves as an information link between 
members and the public 0 

NPA 8 s Committees on National Policy are: Agriculture, Business and Labor. 
These committees, made up of men representative of the various groups, meet 
both separately and together to discuss planning proposals and seek agree¬ 
ment on policies 0 The Committee on International Policy is composed of 
leaders in various fields, experiencedin foreign affairs, who weigh the 
international implications of the problems considered by the Committees 
on National Policy,, 

In addition to the work of the committees, special research projects are 
often initiated and supervised by NPA„ All research done by the staff 
is studied and checked by experts in the field u The results of the work 
of NPA are published by the Association through its Planning Pamphlet 
Series„ These pamphlets include committee and group reports as well as 
special studies 0 







NATIONAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION -2- 

The Associations program of looking ahead is illustrated by its activities 
in the pre-war period Q Many studies were made on national and inter¬ 
national problems occasioned by the possibility of war Q These studies 
attempted to show how the burdens of war could be lightened by advance 
democratic planning. For example, In 1942 the Association began a project 
on Relief and Rehabilitation, as a result of which several reports have 
been completed dealing with problems now facing the United Nations 0 

"All NPA*s work must satisfy two tests 0 It must be designed to meet some 
real and basic need common to all American men and women; and it must be 
capable of producing concrete results. tt (Official Statement) 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ? The NPA receives many material from foreign 
countries It would like to keep in close touch with advisors, partly 
resident abroad s to gain information on organizations and individuals 
abroad from whom such materials are received and who are interested in the 
activities of the NPA. 

Each issue of its journal, Public Policy Digest , contains a section de¬ 
voted to planning abroad, Many digests of foreign planning publications 
are printed also 0 The NPA prepares the OWI economic newsletter for 
distribution abroad 0 

MEMBERSHIP : 

Year’s membership: $10.00. Includes subscription to the Planning 
Pamphlet Series, the Public Policy Digest and its order service, and spec¬ 
ial discounts on book-length reports,, 

Year’s sustaining memberships $100. Includes Pamphlet Series, the 
Digest and its service, book length reports, confidential memoranda and 
mimeographed reports 0 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Public Policy Digest , monthly except July and August„ $2.50 per year 

or 25£ a copy for back Issues 0 Complete 1941”1944 files available. Cur¬ 
rent subscriptions available only as part of the membership arrangement 
which includes the pamphlet series. 

German Strategy of florid Conquest . Derwent Whittlesey in collabora¬ 
tion with C. C. Colby and Richard Hartshorne. 1942. 293 pp. $2.50. 

National Policy for Radio Broadcasting ,, C. B. Rose, Jr. 1940. 290 pp. 

$ 1 . 00 . 












NATIONAL PUNNING ASSOCIATION =3= 

Foundati ons of American Population Policy „ Frank Lorimer, ELlen 
Winston, Louise K u Kiser„ 1940 o 178 pp 0 |l o 50o 

Latin Am erica in the Future 7/or Id , George Soule, David Efron, Norman 
T. Ness, under the direction of Alvin H 0 Hansen 0 372 pp 0 $3o50 o 

Many titles in the Planning Pamphlet Series 0 25£ a copy except 

where noted 0 Included among those available ares 

Food for Europe after Victory 

UNRRA: Gateway to Recovery (Double issue, 50^) 

The Outlook for Synthetic Rubber 

Joint Statement on Social Security 

Discussion and Study Outline on Social Security (I5tf) 

Clothing and Shelter for European Relief 

Fiscal and Monetary Policy 

Europe 13 s Unrooted People: The Relocation of Displaced Population 

Americans Nevr Opportunities in World Trade (Double issue- 504) 

Strengthening the Congress 

China"s Relief Needs 

Stabilizing the Construction Industry 

Relief and Rehabilitation Discussion Guide (15^) 

Fertilizers in the Postwar National Economy 

Fiscal Policy for Full Employment 

National Budgets for Full Employment (Double issue, 50^) 

A Food and Nutrition Program for the Nation 



























































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NATIONAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION 


Devoted to the development of recreation and recreation facili¬ 
ties. 


315 Fourth Avenue 
New York 10, N. Y. 


Telephone: Gramercy 5-7100 
Cable Address: PLAYGROUND 


Howard Braucher, President 

HNjPOSE: "That every child in America shall have a chance to play; 
that everybody in America, young or old, shall have an opportunity 
to find the best and most satisfying use of leisure time.” 

(Official statement) 

National Recreation Association was founded in 
190b as The Playground Association of America. Its functions have 
expanded greatly since that time and it has achieved a position of 
leadership in the general recreation field. 

It now maintains a working force, in office and field, of 90 per¬ 
sons, including many specialists in such fields as drama, music, 
recreation for women and girls, and others. Its headquarters are 
in New York City and it also maintains a West Coast office in 
Pasadena, California (Ledyard Building. Telephone: SY >lU28). 

The Association is privately financed, through membership fees and 
donations. 

Its activities are directed by a president, Howard Braucher, and a 
board of directors, of which Robert Garrett is chairman. John G. 
Winant, United States Ambassador to Great Eritain, is first vice- 
president of the Association. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Association has for decades carried 
on an extensive correspondence with foreign governments and agen¬ 
cies, in which it8 advice is sought on all questions relating to 
public recreation, especially in the training of recreation leaders 
and the setting up of municipal centers. Its publications are also 
sent all over the world. An exhibit of NRA publications was 
arranged in London through the Office of War Information and, 
through this same agency, an English recreational representative 
has been sent to study recreation conditions here and to represent 
Great Britain at recreation meetings in this country. Ambassador 
Winant also keeps the Association in touch with developments in its 
field abroad. 


WART IMS OPERATIONS : The Association helps local communities to 
safeguard their investment in recreational facilities and to put 






NATIONAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION -2- 


it to maximum service for civilians and for the service men and 
defense workers. The Association's field workers go on invita¬ 
tion into cities where recreation work has been established and 
give continuous help in strengthening programs and in inter¬ 
preting to the public the value of the work done. Cities sre 
aided in organizing programs on a year-round basis. 

Three special field workers give full time aiding workers among 
colored groups; another worker helps local communities in planning 
recreation areas and facilities, in many instances making long- 
range plans for developments over a series of years. The 
Katherine F. Barker Memorial field secretary gives full-time 
service to the recreation needs of women and girls. A field 
worker who has had long experience in recreation in industrial 
areas is helping in war industrial centers. Help is given to 
institutions that care for the eged, the orphaned, and the 
handicapped. 

The Association answers inquiries on all phases of the recrea¬ 
tion movement through letters and personal conferences. In¬ 
quiries sre received from about 6,500 communities annually. 

The Association sponsors the Recreation Congress, a mobilization 
of the recreation forces of America which provides information, 
inspiration, and national exchange of experience among volunteer 
and professional leaders from many agencies. 

M1MBERSHIP : Any individual or private or public group con- 
tributlng $5.00 or more to the work of the Association is en¬ 
titled to membership. Privileges of membership include paid-up 
subscription to Recreation , the bulletin service, a 10 per cent 
discount on all publications of the Association, and advance in¬ 
formation regarding the Recreation Congress and other events. 
Members are also privileged to help in the nomination of the 
board of directors and officers. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Association publishes a monthly magazine. 
Recreation , which reaches about 2,000 communities in the United 
States and foreign countries. It issues leaflets, pamphlets, 
handbooks, and books, many of them the results of special studies. 
It compiles a Year Book , giving facts about the development of the 
recreation movement in America. It sends out bulletin services 
containing practical suggestions for programs and activities which 
go to several thousand individuals and groups. Subscriptions to 
^creation are available for $2.00 per year in the United States, 
$2.25 in Canada and foreign countries. A great variety of pam¬ 
phlets and books on recreation subjects may be had from the 
Association at prices ranging from 10^ to $ 3.50 per copy. 













NATIONAL RETOES SERVICE, INC. 


A national, nonprofit organization carrying on a coordinated program of 
migration, relief, resettlement and rehabilitation work in the interest 
of refugees. 

139 Centre Street 
New York 13 , N.Y. 

Joseph E. Beck, Executive Director 

E. R. Gomberg, Director of Community Relations 

PURPOSE: The National Refugee Service offers, through the cooperation 

of 9 UU local committees, a program of assistance to refugees in the 
United States, including employment and vocational retraining opportuni¬ 
ties, temporary loans for self-support.business and professional enter¬ 
prises, and planned resettlement; grants temporary cash assistance; 
provides advice on pre-immigration and change of status problems, and on 
regulations governing the conduct of aliens of enemy nationalities; and 
offers social and cultural adjustment opportunities to refugees, includ¬ 
ing instruction in English and principles of Americanism. Specialized 
service is made available to refugee children, physicians, ministers, 
musicians and scholars. The Service is nonsectarian in scope, although 
parts of its program deal mainly with Jewish refugees. 

ORGANIZATION: The organization was chartered in June, 1939 i and is 
registered with the President's War Relief Control Board. 

The Service operates under the guidance of officers, a board of directors, 
an executive committee and a paid staff. William Rosenwald, philan¬ 
thropist, is honorary president; Charles A. Riegelman, prominent attorney 
and civic leader, is president; and Joseph P. Chamberlain, professor of 
public law, Columbia University, and a former chairman of the American 
Council of Learned Societies, is chairman of the board. 

The organization has a liaison representative to discuss problems with 
the Department of State, Department of Justice and many special federal 
departments and agencies, including the War Refugee Board, War Relocation 
Authority (Department of the Interior) and Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (Department of Justice). 

It has working relationships with other national organizations, such as 
the National Council of Jewish Women (providing financial assistance to 
the New York and Brooklyn sections), American Christian Committee for 
Refugees, Catholic Committee for Refugees, American Friends Service Com¬ 
mittee, Unitarian Service Committee, U.S. Committee for the Care of 
European Children, Common Council for American Unity, Committee for 
Refugee Education, and Committee for the Study of Recent Immigration 
from Europe. 


Telephone: Canal 6-5000 
Cable Address: NAC CM REF 





NATIONAL REFUGEE SERVICE, INC, -2- 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Incident to its program of assistance to 
refugees in the tJnited States, the NRS performs various functions re¬ 
lating to overseas, as giving information and advice to friends and 
relatives (here) of prospective migrants in Europe on immigration laws 
and regulations and the status of industrial production in the USA as 
indicating the extent of possible employment. In this connection, NRS 
deals with a number of committees throughout the world, such as the 
International Migration Service, the American Jewish Joint Distribution 
Committee, and finances or assists in the financing of the following: 
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars, Emergency Com¬ 
mittee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Medical Scientists, National Com¬ 
mittee on Post-War Immigration Policy, Central Location Index, Self-Help 
of Emigres from Central Europe, and European-Jewish Children's Aid. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : NRS activities include: 

(1) Advice and service, in conjunction with overseas agencies, includ¬ 
ing discussions with American friends and relatives, relating to needs 
of persons abroad and their temporary settlement; also advice and 
service pertaining to planned or actual admission of immigrants to the 
USA, and to their status after admission. 

(2) Direct relief to refugees up to five years' residence in the USA. 

( 3 ) Resettlement of refugee families away from ports-of-entry into the 
interior of the country, for their most effective distribution and 
American adjustment, with particular attention to the needs and facili¬ 
ties of a given community. 

00 An employment and retraining program to help the refugees find a 
job - the most important aid to American adjustment - and to retrain 
newcomers for fields in which the country needs additional manpower and 
which offer better opportunities for earning a livelihood. 

( 5 ) Assistance and guidance to refugee doctors in filling vital posts 
on the home health front and planning the resettlement of the greatest 
possible number in towns and rural areas suffering from a shortage of 
medical services. 

(6) Business consultation and loan service to help establish refugees 
in small businesses and farms as a means of achieving self-support, for 
retraining, and, in the case of physicians and dentists, for completing 
their preparations and setting themselves up in private practice. 

(7) A social adjustment program to promote the absorption of refugees 
into American life, working with and through refugee groups, by direct¬ 
ing them to American educational and cultural opportunities. 

(?) A co mmun ity relations program for guidance and assistance to 900 
communities throughout the country participating in the refugee aid 
program to plan and organize for present and post-war problems. 





NATIONAL REFUGES SERVICE, INC. 


(9) A central file listing three-quarters of a million names of refu- 
gees already in the United States, as well as prospective immigrants, 
together with the names of their close relatives, friends and affiants, 
for the purpose of nation-wide clearance with other agencies, thus 
avoiding costly and time-consuming duplication. 

(10) The European-Jewish Children's Aid, an affiliate of the NRS, which 
was set up to effect the rescue of children who have either lost or been 
separated from their parents in Europe and to help place them in approved 
American foster homes. 


^ collaboration with several other private agencies, the NRS helps 
to provide numerous supplementary services aiming at the rehabilitation 
of the for-the-duration-only" refugees at the Fort Ontario Bnergency 
Refugee Shelter, for whose basic needs and maintenance the Federal Govern¬ 
ment assumes responsibility. 

The NRS provided advice and assistance and much of the material for a 
recent RKO motion picture, New Americans , which deals with the adjustment 
and contributions to the life of this country of newcomers to our shores. 

MMBERSIIP : Composed of the original incorporators and all persons who 
have subsequently been elected to the board of directors, now numbering 


PUBLICATIONS : NRS Community Bulletin — monthly; free. 

NRS Special Information Bulletin — issued periodically. 
needed; free. 


Annual Report — annual; free. 

































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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 


A cooperative organization of the scientific men of America, acting 
largely in an advisory capacity. 

2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Telephone: Executive 8100 

Washington, D. C. 


Dr. Ross G. Harrison, Chairman 

PURPOSE : "To promote research in the mathematical, physical and 
biological sciences, and in the application of these sciences to 
engineering, agriculture, medicine, and other useful arts, with 
the object of increasing knowledge, of strengthening the national 
defense, and of contributing to the public welfare." (from Articles 
of Organization) 

"To gather and collate scientific and technical information, at 
home and abroad, in cooperation with governmental and other agencies, 
and to render such information available to duly accredited persons." 
(President Wilson's Executive Order) 

"To investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject 
of science or art", at the request of any government agency or 
other qualified body. (Quotation from Charter of National Academy 
of Sciences.) 

ORGANIZATION : The Council was organized in 1916 when the National 
Academy of Sciences offered its services to President Wilson, to 
coordinate non-governmental scientific and technical resources of 
the country with military and naval government agencies. The 
Academy then formed a central committee to carry on this work, 
called the National Research Council. Its functions were still 
deemed valuable after the war, and Wilson issued an executive order 
requesting the Academy to perpetuate the Council. 

It was therefore reorganized on a permanent basis in 1919; center¬ 
ing around an executive board and composed of general committees, 
called divisions, of which there are now eight. There are seven 
divisions of science and technology, representing: physical sciences, 
engineering and industrial research, chemistry and chemical tech¬ 
nology, geology and geography, medical sciences, biology and agri¬ 
culture, anthropology and psychology* In addition there is a 
division of foreign relations. Within the various divisions there 
are numerous committees set up to work on separate projects. 

The administration of the Council is financed through a gift of 
five million dollars from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to 
the Academy, and other special funds. Other gifts and appropria¬ 
tions are obtained from various sources and used to finance the 
Council'8 special projects. 






NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL -2 


The Library of the Council containing a collection of directories 
and source books in science, is available for reference use. 

The Council administers several groups of fellowships. The 
Rockefeller Foundation maintains two types of fellowships through 
the Council: a series of medical fellowships including the Welch 
Fellowships in Internal Medicine, and a limited number of post¬ 
doctorate fellowships for the purpose of promoting fundamental 
research in science, primarily in institutions in the United States. 
Under special conditions these may be granted for study abroad. 

In addition to these, the Council also administers fellowships for 
the study of the filterable viruses and for investigations in the 
basic fields related to orthopedic surgery, which are supported 
by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : During World War I the Council served the 
government as the Department of Science and Research of the Council 
of National Defense, and as the Science and Research Division of 
the United States Signal Corps. During the present war, the 
Council* s activities have increased and include almost all fields 
of science. It maintains cooperative relationships with govern¬ 
ment scientific bureaus. 

MEMBffiSHIP : The divisions are made up of several members-at-large, 
and representatives of the following organizations: 

Division of Foreign Relations: includes representatives of: Ameri¬ 
can Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Department of 
State, Department of the Navy, Department of War, Pan American 
Union, International Astronomical Union, International Union of 
Biological Sciences, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 
International Union of Chemistry, International Union of Pure and 
Applied Physics, International Scientific Radio Union, International 
Geographical Union, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, 
International Electrotechnical Commission, International Commission 
on Illumination. 

Division of Physical Sciences: includes representatives of: Ameri¬ 
can Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, American 
Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, Optical 
Society of America, Acoustical Society of America, American Institute 
of Physics. 

Division of Engineering and Industrial Research: includes re¬ 
presentatives of: Engineering Section of the National Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Auto¬ 
motive Engineers, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, American 
Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Testing Materials, 
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Welding 
Society, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 
Institute of Radio Engineers. 





NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 


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Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology: includes representa¬ 
tives of: American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, 
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Ceramic Society, 
American Society for X-Ray and Electron Diffraction, International 
Onion of Chemistry. 

Division of Geology and Geography: includes representatives of: 
Geological Society of America, Mineralogical Society of America, 
Paleontological Society, Association of American Geographers, 
American Geographical Society, Society of Economic Geologists, 
American Ceramic Society, American Geophysical Union, American 
Association of Petroleum Geologists. 

Division of Medical Sciences: includes representatives of: 

American Academy of Tropical Medicine, American Association of 
Anatomists, American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriolo¬ 
gists, American College of Physicians, American College of Surgeons, 
American Dental Association, American Medical Association, American 
Neurological Association, American Physiological Society, American 
Psychiatric Association, American Roentgen Ray Society, American 
Society of Biological Chemists, American Society for Clinical 
Investigation, American Society for Experimental Pathology, Ameri¬ 
can Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ameri¬ 
can Society of Tropical Medicine, American Surgical Association, 
American Veterinary Medical Association, Association of American 
Physicians, Society of American Bacteriologists. 

Division of Biology and Agriculture: Includes representatives of: 
American Association of Economic Entomologists, American Dairy 
Science Association, American Genetic Association, American Insti¬ 
tute of Nutrition, American Physiological Society, American Fhyto- 
pathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Society 
of Animal Production, American Society of Biological Chemists, 
American Society for Horticultural Science, American Society of 
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society of Mamroalogists, 
Americal Society of Parasitologists, American Society of Plant 
Physiologists, American Veterinary Medical Association, Ameri¬ 
can Society of Zoologists, Botanical Society of America, Ecologi¬ 
cal Society of America, Entomological Society of America, Genetics 
Society of America, Limnological Society of America, Mycological 
Society of America, Poultry Science Association, Society of Ameri¬ 
can Bacteriologists, Society of American Foresters, Soil Science 
Society, Wildlife Society. 

Division of Anthropology and Psychology: includes representatives 
of: American Anthropological Association, American Psychological 
Association . 



NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL -4 


PUBLICATIONS : 

Bulletins, series for publication of general sources for 
scientific knowledge, directories, reports upon the status of var¬ 
ious fields of research, and special contributions of an original 
character. 

Reprint8 and Circulyq . series of less extensive papers, and 
used to distribute timely articles, some of which may have been 
published elsewhere. 





NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL. INC . 

A national and international clearing house gathering and distributing 
information about causes of accidents and ways to prevent them. 

20 North 7.acker Drive Telephone: State 5020 

Chicago 6, Illinois 

Paul Jones, Director of Public Information 

PURPOSE: To reduce t^e number and severity of all kinds of accidents; 
to mobilize and energize the ever growing forces of safety and to 
give them national support and leadership. 

ORGANIZATION : The National Safety Council, "the heart of the safety 
movement in America," was organized in 1913 as a non-commercial, non¬ 
profit association. More than 6000 organizations, as well as many 
individuals interested in safety, are members of the Council. Repre¬ 
sented among them are industries, transportation and insurance com¬ 
panies, schools, local safety organizations, trade associations, 
chambers of commerce and other civic organizations, departments of 
city, state and national government throughout the United States, 
Canada and foreign countries. Industries form the largest single 
group in the membership. 

The Council's affairs are directed by approximately 1000 volunteer 
workers who constitute the officers, executive board, trusts es, direc¬ 
tors, and sectional committees. The detail work is carried on by a 
staff of 250 engineers, editors, statisticians, educators, and li¬ 
brarians. The Council is financed by membership dues, sales of publi¬ 
cations, and contributions. 

OPERATIONS : Through its Chicago headquarters and its regional offices 
in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta and Washington, the Council 
carries on a continuous and unified program of accident prevention; 
and, in cooperation with other or anizations, stimulates interest in 
safety in all fields — industrial, traffic, home, school and farm. 

It shows when, how, and why persons are injured; investigates and com¬ 
pares methods of making mechanical equipment safer and of protecting 
those who use it; formulates procedures in the use of hasardous de¬ 
vices, materials and processes; applies engineering, education and 
enforcement to the prevention of traffic accidents; helj s schools 
develop habits of safety among children; stimulates and sustains 
safety consciousness on the part of the general public. 

Each year the Council holds a National Safety Congress and Exposition, 
as well as many regional and local safety meetings. It maintains a 
film library covering every phase of safety. Approximately four new 
films are produced each month. The Council is now working with 47 
other organizations on postwar traffic planning and postwar safety 
problems. 






NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL. INC . 


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MD.1BERSHIP : Membership is open to organizations and individuals 
interested in safety and is not limited to Americans. Before the war 
there were members in most of the countries in the world. Annual dues 
vary according to the size of the group seeking membership. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council publishes eight monthly magazines: 

National Safety News 

Public Safety 

The Industrial Supervisor 

Safety Education 

Safe Worker 

Safe Driver 

Home Safety Review (bi-monthly) 

Farm Safety Review (bi-monthly) 

Other publications include monthly Sectional Newsletters . Accident 
Facts , (annual statistical review), National Safety Congress Trans ¬ 
actions . weekly Safety Radiograms, a bi-monthly clip sv>eet of news 
material, and special scripts for broadcasting stations. 


















NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY 


A national nonprofit association for sculptors and those interested in 
the fine art of sculpture. 

115 East UCth Street Telephone: Caledonia 5-8400 

New York, N. Y. 


Eleanor M. Mellon, Secretary 

PURPOSE: "To spread the knowledge of good sculpture; foster the taste 
for and encourage the production of ideal sculpture for the household 
and museums; promote the decoration of public and other buildings, 
squares and parks with sculpture of a high class; improve the quality 
of the sculptor's art as applied to industries and provide from time to 
time for exhibitions of sculpture and objects of industrial art in which 
sculpture enters." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Society was founded in 1893 and incorporated three 
years later by a distinguished group of sculptors, architects and laymen, 
including Felix Adler, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint Gandens and 
Stanford White. It now has a membership list of about J>00, representing 
all part8 of this country, and is financed through membership dues and 
endowments. 

Headquarters of the organization are in the building of the American 
Institute of Architects at the address shown above. 

Government of the organization is vested in a council consisting of the 
officers and 18 directors elected for staggered terms. The constitution 
recuires that the Society's president shall always be a sculptor and that 
one of the vice-presidents be an architect. 

There are standing committees on current work, membership, exhibition, 
loan fund, finance, competition programs, and library and research, and 
two special committees: on ecclesiastical sculpture and on education. 

The Society elects delegates to two organizations — to the Fine Arts 
Federation of New York and to Artists for Victory — and is affiliated 
with the Joint Committee on the National Capitol. 

The work of the organization has taken several principal forms, which may 
generally be outlined as follows: Holding of exhibitions of sculpture, 
admission to which is free to the public; maintaining a motion picture 
library of artists' work; publishing in connection with the exhibitions, 
and distributing at cost, artistic catalogs on sculpture and sculptors; 
publishing scientific works on sculpture and selling them at cost to the 
public, and distributing them free of charge to allied institutions; 
holding lectures periodically on sculpture and kindred arts; and annual 
exhibitions of bas relief open to the public without charge, in conjunc¬ 
tion with bas relief competitions, in connection with which prizes are 
awarded by the Society. 





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The organization awards a medal of honor to individuals for notable 
achievement and for encouragement to American sculpture. 

Although the Society, as such, has no international connections, it is 
the most important unified sculptural group in this country. 

During the war years, the organization has held no large exhibitions 
but has continued its annual bas relief exhibition and has organized 
and circulated throughout the country important showings of enlarged 
photographs of sculpture, such as the exhibition of ecclesiastical 
sculpture and the parade of American patriots as represented in Ameri¬ 
can sculpture down the years. 

The ecclesiastical exhibit has been shown successfully wherever dis¬ 
played and could be used to good advantage overseas because of its 
universal appeal; like all of the photographic exhibits of the Society, 
it is inexpensive and easily shipped. USO clubs, patriotic organiza¬ 
tions, museums and galleries have found the American patriots show of 
timely interest. 

The Society also has exhibitions of general sculpture and of garden 
sculpture and a traveling exhibit of enlarged photographs of sculpture 
by it8 members. 

The organization is now working on the publication of a book on war 
memorials; in this connection, it is offering its services to small 
communities which are planning to build war memorials. 

MEMBERSHIP : The seven classes of membership in the Society: sculptor 
members, associate sculptor members, allied professional members, lay 
members, life members, members emeritus and honorary fellows. 

Sculptor members are obligated to adhere to the professional code set 
up by the Society. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Society has published several books. On Sculpture 
in general - on a system of casting, illustrated catalogues of three 
important exhibitions. They also have brochures on a "Code of Compe¬ 
tition Program" and a Red Book of information on the subject of 
sculptors' supplies and professional assistants. 





NATIONAL THEATRE CONFERENCE 

A cooperative organization of directors of community and university 
theatres organized collectively to serve the non-commercial theatre,, 

Western Reserve University Telephones Cedar 8780 

Cleveland 6 P Ohio 

Barclay S Q Leathern,, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSES "To initiate, encourage,, and sponsor projects of educational 
and cultural value and of immediate common significance* designed to 
serve the interests of the American theatre, particularly of the non- 31 
commercial theatre 0 " (From Constitution and By-Laws) 

ORGANIZATION : The National Theatre Conference is a non=profit P incor= 
porated organization made up of community and university theatre direc¬ 
tors and some commercial theatre people 0 All persons admitted to mem~ 
bership must be contributing toward the advancement of the American 
theatre c The number of members is kept within limits that will facili¬ 
tate conference discussion and action* and provide representation of 
outstanding university and community theatres 0 Members are elected 
by the Board of Trusteeso 

The administrative and operative procedure of the Conference is de¬ 
termined by a Board of Trustees consisting of the three officers* presi- 
dent,, executive secretary,, and treasurer p three members at large,, and 
the outgoing president, who serves two years on the Board of Trustees 
after his term as president,, 

The Conference is supported in part by grants in aid from the Rockefeller 
Foundation,, Other sources of income are Conference projects and member¬ 
ship dueso 

Annual meetings are held to discuss Conference plans and report on 
Conference activities 0 

ACTIVITIES ^ The National Theatre Conference sponsors several projects,, 

A Placement Service is operated without charge, either to employer or 
to employeeo This service tries to place directors, technicians p 
teachers of theatre literature, and others in the field of dramatic 
arts in college* university and community theatres„ 

Under its New Playwright Project*which is administered by Hallie Flanagan 
Davis of Smith College* the Conference will accept but does not solicit* 
scripts from comparatively unknown and untried playwrights., The scripts 





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are read by two readers employed by the Conference „ The playwrights 
may purchase for two dollars, copies of the readers” analysis 0 The 
three best plays each year are selected by the readers and turned 
over to a special committee 0 These plays are then advertised in the 
Bulletin for possible production in non-commercial theatres 0 

The New Play Project is administered by George Freedley of the New 
York Public Library 0 Mr c Freedley is interested in securing new 
scripts from well-established professional playwrights,. The Conference 
then secures rights to release these plays simultaneously with the 
New York productions„ 

The Conference will be glad to furnish information to any group abroad 
interested in starting a community theatre 0 

WARTIME ACTIVITIES s Alfred Rowe of the Harrisburg (Pa Q ) Community 
Theatre, was commissioned by the TJ 0 S Q Treasury Department to set up 
a plan whereby community and university theatres would give Yiar Bond 
premiereso This plan branched off into another projects promoting the 
sale of war bonds by community talent 0 

The Conference financed the test experiments at Forts Bliss and Bragg 
which led to the present use by the War Department of theatrical ad¬ 
visers here in the United States and abroad„ The Conference also pre¬ 
pared the first official War Department Manual on soldier theatricals 
and recommended drama courses to be offered by the Armed Forces Insti¬ 
tute o 

One of the most important wartime activities of the Conference has been 
the sponsoring of two playwriting contests for men and women of the Armed 
Forceso The second of these was in 1944p when there were offered as 
awards 58 prizes totaling $1500 and the opportunity to be recommended 
for twenty-seven postwar fellowships and scholarships made available by 
nineteen institutions„ In this second contest the Conference had the 
interest and cooperation of the Blue Network, which offered supplementary 
awards for plays suitable to the Network’s needs D The Theatre Guild 
also offered a scholarship of $500 to the author of the best long play 0 
There were 441 contestants in the second contest, representing military 
personnel in the United States and Overseas, and covering all branches 
of the armed forces 0 

MEMBERSHIP : Annual dues $10 o 00 o 

PUBLICATIONS g A Quarterly Bulletin is published by the Conference con¬ 
taining articles field notes, conference reports, reviews, etc„ 


The Conference maintains a list of play-producing groups throughout the 
United States„ 








NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 

A voluntary organization of physicians and laymen for the study and 
prevention of tuberculosis. 

1790 Broadway Telephone: Circle 5-8000 

New York IS, N. Y. Cable Address: NATUBAS, N. Y. 

Frederick D. Hopkins, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE: "The study of tuberculosis in all its forms and relations} 
the dissemination of knowledge concerning the causes, treatment and 
dissemination of tuberculosis; the encouragement of the prevention 
and scientific treatment of tuberculosis; the stimulation, unifica¬ 
tion, and standardization of the work of the various anti-tuberculosis 
agencies throughout the country, especially the state and local asso¬ 
ciations; the cooperation with all other health organizations in the 
coordination of health activities; the promotion of international re¬ 
lations in connection with health activities in the study and control 
of tuberculosis." (Article 2 of the By-laws) 

ORGANIZATION : The National Tuberculosis Association, an autonomous 
member of the National Health Council, was founded in 1904. Its 
principal governmental agency relationship is with the United States 
Public Health Service. 

It is composed of the state associations of each state and the District 
of Columbia and those of New York City, Chicago, Brooklyn, Puerto Rico 
and Hawaii, which are termed affiliated and represented associations. 
There are also approximately 1,600 municipal, county and district 
associations. Cooperating with the state and local units are other 
affiliated agencies of many kinds—749 sanitoria and other hospitals 
making provision for tuberculosis, 1,000 permanent and 2,000 part-time 
clinics, 10,000 public health nurses, and other groups. 

The Association serves as a clearing house for information on statis¬ 
tical, technical, medical and other aspects of the tuberculosis 
problem; promotes research; seeks to promote not only the reneral ex¬ 
tensive education of the public but also the special education of cer¬ 
tain groups, such as physicians, nurses, medical students and tubercu¬ 
losis patients; studies and evaluates national health legislation and 
endeavors to obtain support for the work of the Federal health agencies 
seeks to develop higher standards of work among its affiliated units 
and others. 

*t is governed by a board of directors consisting of 50 directors-at- 
large. All directors are elected by the membership, but some affilia¬ 
ted associations nominate "representative directors". It is financed 
almost entirely by the sale of Christmas seals. The officers are 
Dr. Fred H. Heise, president; Will Ross, president-elect; Dr. Charles 
J. Hatfield, secretary; Livingston Platt, treasurer; Dr. Kendall 





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Emerson, managing director; Frederick D. Hopkins, executive secretary. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Association cooperates with the Depart¬ 
ment of State and the U. S. Public Health Service on international 
matters, and keeps in close touch with the tuberculosis associations 
of Great Britain, Canada, and Mexico. It has a special Committee on 
Tuberculosis among Soanish-speaking peoples, and has produced one 
educational film in Spanish. Its publications, especially the Review , 
are sent all over the world, and it has maintained a stockpile of 
back numbers for distribution after the war. 

The Association contributed to the support of the International Union 
against Tuberculosis, which had its headquarters in Paris, and is 
interested in reviving it or a similar organization. 

MEMBERSHIP : The Association has two types of membership, group and 
individual. The individual members, who pay dues of $5 or more a year, 
number approximately 2800. Members of the affiliated groups do not 
automatically become individual members of the national Association. 

EUB^g ATIONS : 

American Review of Tuberculosis, monthly, $8 a year. 

Bulletin . A monthly house organ. 

Transactions . A symposium of those papers presented at the 
annual meeting, not published in the Review . 

Tubercu losis Abstracts . A monthly service for physicians. 

Bpaks op Tuberculosis and Related Subjects. A bibliography. 

The Association publishes some of the books listed. 











NATIONAL VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION. INC . 

An independent, nonprofit educational organization for promoting 
vocational and educational guidance. 

525 West 120th Street Telephone: Monument 2-3032 

New York 27, N. Y. 

Christine Melcher, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE : "The purpose of the Association shall be to foster voca¬ 
tional guidance and occupational adjustment and to establish and 
improve standards of professional service in these fields." (Con¬ 
stitution) 

ORGANIZATION : The Association was organized as a membership group 
in 1913, and incorporated as such in 1933* It is comprised of 72 
branches scattered in various parts of the United States, Canada, 
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. It is a constituent member of the 
Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations and of the American 
Council on Education. 

Its official publication is Occupations . The Vocational Guidance 
Journal, started in 1921 (see PUBLICATIONS ). During the period 
from 1933-1939, this journal was published by the National Oc¬ 
cupational Conference established with Carnegie funds. At the 
termination of this Conference (1939), the National Vocational 
Guidance Association resumed publication of Occupations . 

The president for the current year is M. R. Trabue, dean of the 
School of Education, Pennsylvania State College, State College, 
Pennsylvania. Officers, whose terms begin each July 1, are 
elected annually. 

The central office of the Association serves largely as a clearing¬ 
house for information and correspondence, and for the publication 
of Occupations . 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Occupations — published monthly (October through May); 
free to members; $3.50 in the United States; $4.50 for Canadian 
and foreign subscriptions. 



























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NEAR EAST FOUNDATION. INC . 
A philanthropic and educational association. 


17 West 46th Street 
New York 19, N. Y. 


Telephone: Bryant 9-7600 
Cable address: NEAREAST, N.^f. 


Edward C, Miller, Executive Secretary 


P URPOSE : To organize American effort to help the peoples of the 
Near East to help themselves. 


ORGANIZATION: The Near East Foundation was established in 1920 
and incorporated in 1930, Its predecessor was Near East Relief, 

It is free from sectarianism, but fundamentally Christian. There 
are regional offices in Boston, Mass., and Richmond, Virginia. 

The Foundation has a trained permanent staff which includes doctors, 
nurses, nutritionists, and specialists in agricultural extension, 
home economics and other fields. It is financed normally by 
voluntary contributions, but is now also participating in the 
National War Fund for that portion of its work in Greece or for 
Greek refugees. It is governed by a board of directors and the 
following officers: Cleveland E. Dodge, president; Barclay Acheson, 
vice-president; Harold A. Hatch, treasurer; Edward C. Miller, 
executive secretary. 


OPERATIONS: By a variety of projects, none of which is undertaken 
without the assurance of local support, the Foundation seeks to 
promote the welfare of the peoples of the Near East. Its ideal is 
to start each project with the assurance that it will be taken over 
eventually by the nationals themselves. After a preliminary study, 
each undertaking goes through an exploratory period during which 
various techniques are tested, with the cooperation of the people 
of the country, to find the best for the problem in hand. When a 
satisfactory program is developed, there is a demonstration period 
to arouse public interest and to prove the value of the work. 

When regarded as a successful demonstration, a gradual transition is 
made from a program that is partially supported by American funds 
to one that draws its vitality, financial support and leadership 
wholly from the people it is designed to serve. 

INTERN ATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The countries in which the Foundation is 
now active or contemplating action are Greece, Albania, Jugoslavia, 
Syria, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Iran and Cyprus. Its main activities are 
(l) health and sanitation: improving health through sanitation, 
training nurses, organizing public health services; (2) agriculture 
and trades: increasing food production, demonstrating better agri¬ 
cultural practices, training farm and industrial leaders; (3) h 0 me 







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welfare and recreation: lifting levels of family life through better 
methods of cMld care, home education and community betterment. 

The Foundation cooperates with the Department of State and UNRRA, 
and has provided many trained leaders for relief work. Its general 
program is to convert the emergency program to normal peacetime 
operations as rapidly as circumstances permit. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Annual Report . 





8SIHKRUHD-AMERICA F01IM DATI0M. IMG, 

A membership society working through cultural, social and educational 
channels. 

10 Rockefeller Plaza Teleohone: Circle 6-2280 

New York 20, N. Y. 

Mrs, McKee Stone, Chanter Director 

PURPOSE * "To cause whatever is being accomplished or has been ac¬ 
complished in the scientific, literary, artistic domain in the 
Netherlands and its overseas territories or in the United States of 
America to be known and appreciated in the other of the two countries." 

(Official Statement) 

ORGaNIZATION: The Netherland-America Foundation was established 
in 1921 by a group of men who were advocates of international coopera¬ 
tion. Among them were EdwardW. Bok, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hamilton 
Holt, and Henry Van Dyke. 

The activities of the Foundation include exhibitions of Dutch art; 
lectures; translations into English from Dutch and Malay folk lore, 
history, science and literature; books about famous Netherlanders; 
concerts of Dutch music; educational movies. 

The Foundation is governed bv a board of directors. The officers are: 
Thomas J. Watson, honorary president; Peter Grimm, president; Arthur 
Surkamp, treasurer; Walter P. Jacob, secretary. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Foundation works very closely with its 
counterpart in Holland, the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Fundatie, wVch 
was established in 1922. 

The Foundation promotes and finances scholarships for American students 
to study in H 0 lland and for Dutch students to study in America. Because 
of the devastation caused by the war, it is currently stressing scholar¬ 
ships for Dutch students of medicine, public health and enrineering as 
the most immediate need, and seeks to raise additional funds for this 
purpose. The selection of the beneficiaries to K e brought over from 
Holland is left to a committee in Holland appointed by the Netherlands 
Minister of Education. The chairman of the Foundation's Scholarship 
Committee is the Director of the Institute of International Educ°tion, 
Dr. Stephen Duggan. 

MEMBERSHIP : There are five classes of membership, for wH ; ch the fees 
vary from $10 a year for a subscribing member to $1000 for a life mem¬ 
ber. 


PUBLICATIONS : Monthly Letter 
News Bulletin 

















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TOE N EH SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH 

Primarily an institution for adult study in the social sciences 
and the liberal arts, it includes also the Graduate Faculty of 
Political and Social Science (founded in 1933 as the University 
in Exile) and has affiliated to it the Ecole Libre des Hautes 
Etudes, 

66 West 12th Street Telephone: Gramercy 7-8464 

New York 11, N. I, Extension 26 

Miss Miriam Sand, Secretary to the Director 

PURPOSE: To bring together in a framework of complete freedom in 
the pursuit of truth and absence of academic formalism outstanding 
scholars from every leading country of the world to meet the needs 
of over 2,500 adult students. 

Originally organized to broaden and deepen inquiry in the field of 
the social sciences, the School has continued to expand its cur¬ 
riculum both to give a platform to scholarly explorers in new 
fields and to meet the needs of a student body of thoughtful, 
mature students who take their citizenship seriously, 

Alvin Johnson, director of the New School, states the need for this 
kind of learning in a democracy: "The scholar and the scientist alone 
cannot create the forces that give democracy its vitality,,.. These 
forces must grow out of the people itself. The best constitution on 
earth cannot guarantee popular liberties, unless the democratic 
forces are alive and functioning. On the other hand, democratic 
forces operate with immense waste and tragic confusion when scholarly 
analysis and direction are wanting." 

ORGANIZATION : The New School was established in 1919. Its first 
board of directors, under the chairmanship of James Harvey Robinson, 
historian, included: Alvin Johnson, economist; John Dewey, philoso¬ 
pher; Thorstein Veblen, economist; and Charles Beard, historian. 

The present catalogue includes 250 courses, ranging through the 
fields of contemporary politics, housing, foreign affairs, history, 
economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, science, 
literature, art, music and the theatre. The faculty of over 100 
includes many outstanding scholars; it is an international faculty. 

Courses are held in the late afternoon and evening since the stu¬ 
dents are people who work during the day. The average enrollment 
is now 4,400 students. Though a recent arrangement makes it possible 
for students to work toward bachelor*s degree credit, most of the 






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students are pursuing learning for its own sake and in relation to 
the problems of their present world. 

The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science was estab¬ 
lished in 1933 with a faculty of distinguished foreign scholars. 

In addition to graduate courses and seminars leading to the 
master’s and doctor's degrees, which are granted by the New 
School under an absolute charter, every professor gives at least 
one course in the New School which is open to the American public. 

"It is unlikely that any other single group has produced a 
greater number of articles, lectures and books of prominence 
than have the graduate faculty in the short time they have been 
here." ("Learning for Laymen", by June Safir, Current History . 
September, 1943) 

Affiliated with the New School are the following: 

(1) Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes, founded in 1943, subsidized 
by the French and Belgian governments, granting recognized 
French and Belgian degrees. 

(2) The Institute of World Affairs, directed by Alfred Lowe, 
devoted exclusively to research, and subsidiary to it: 

(3) The Ibero-American Center — chairman, Sumner Welles; 
president, Fernando de los Rios. 

Present officers of the New School for Social Research: 

Alvin Johnson, President and Director 
Mrs. Joseph Urban, Director of Public Relations 
Hans Staudinger, Vice-Chairman, Graduate Faculty 
Paul Rivet, President, Ecole Libre 

Henri Gregoire, Acting President ad interim, Ecole Libre 
Claude Levi-Strauss, Secretary General, Ecole Libre 
Dr. Horace Kallen, Dean of Graduate Faculty 
Hans Simons, Dean of School of Politics 

Miss Clara Mayer, Dean of the School of Fhilosophy and Liberal Arts 
Adolf Lowe, Executive Director of Institute 

INTERNA TIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Graduate School and the Ecole Libre 
des Hautes Etudes embody in the nature of their faculties and 
purpose an active internationalism. Intellectual relations with 
European countries are steadily maintained. The research of the 
Institute of World Affairs carries out international studies in 
the spirit implied in the name of the Institute. 

There is a tentative plan, so far only informally discussed with 
Alphonse Rivet, to establish at the University of Paris an 
organization paralleling the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes here 
with a faculty largely American there. 





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PUBLICATIONS : 

The New School Bulletin — weekly. 

The New School for Social Research Catalogue — annual. 

The Catalogue of the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes — annual. 
Social Research — quarterly; Oxford Press; $3. 

Renaissance — quarterly; $1.50 a copy. 












THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 

A private institution dedicated to the advancement of medicine and public 
health„ 

2 East 103rd Street Telephones Atwater 9“4700 

New York 29, N 0 T 0 

Herbert B 0 Wilcox, M Do, Director 

PURPOSE : The elevation of medical practice, the improvement of public 
health, and the education of the public in matters relating to medicine 0 

ORGANIZATION S The New York Academy of Medicine was established and char- 
tered in 1847 0 Its principal activities are conducted through standing 
committees, which are those of the Library, Public Health Relations, Medi¬ 
cal Education, and Medical Information,, Each has its own paid executive 
secretary and staff 0 In the instance of the Council and the Board of 
Trustees, the Director carries out their policies and instructions, and 
he also coordinates their work under the general supervision of the 
President of the Acadeny 0 

The Academy is maintained by endowments, membership fees and donations 0 
The officers are William W 0 Herrick, president? Robert E 0 Pound, record¬ 
ing secretary? Shepard Krech, treasurer? Herbert B u Wilcox, director? 
Archibald Malloch, librarian? E 0 H, L 0 Corwin, executive secretary of the 
committee on public health relations? Mahlon Ashford, executive secretary 
of the committee on medical education? lago Galdston, executive secretary 
of the committee on medical information,, 

OPERATIONS ; The Committee on Medical Education is concerned with all stages 
of medical education, but principally with problems relating to the con¬ 
tinued medical education of the practitioner 0 Except in a very limited 
sense, the Academy does not conduct courses of instruction? its function 
is to survey the entire field of medical education and to assist the 
physician seeking guidanc@o When it discovers deficiencies in opportu¬ 
nity for instruction, it suggests to universities and hospitals the utili¬ 
zation of clinical material to meet such deficiencies„ It also notes 
defects in the quality or character of instruction provided by teaching 
institutions and suggests indicated changes, and it endeavors to catalogue 
opportunities for postgraduate study in universities and teaching institu¬ 
tions throughout the United States and especially the opportunities for 
clinical instruction in New York Gity 0 Each year, the Committee arranges 
a series of 20 Friday afternoon lectures by outstanding men in a form which 
will be of practical benefit to general practitioners 0 There are also 
frequent other series of lectures. The nearest approach which the Academy 
makes to a formal course of instruction is that provided at its Annual 
Graduate Fortnight 0 These Fortnights are devoted to the com?lete exposition 
of a single subject by panel discussions, clinics, lectures and exhibits e 




THE NEC? YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 




The purpose is to afford the practitioner as well as the specialist, an 
opportunity for a thorough review of the chosen subject 0 

Through its Committee on Public Health Relations, the Academy offers 
medical guidance in community problems. This service includes the fields 
of preventive medicine, planning of community resources, selection of 
personnel, and consideration of medico-legal and medico-sociological 
problem So The Committee functions in three ways? it acts in an advisory 
capacity to community representatives, undertakes surveys, and acts as an 
educational body 0 

The Committee on Medical Information is a liaison between the medical pro¬ 
fession and the laity, and reaches the public chiefly through the press 
and the radio. The Committee also arranges an annual series of lectures 
by distinguished authorities for the general public and replies to ques¬ 
tions relating to medicine and allied subjects which are submitted by 
health organizations, physicians and the public. 

The Library, which is open to the public during the daytime, has 260,000 
bound volumes, 100,000 foreign theses, and over 150,000 pamphlets. Be¬ 
fore the war it received 2300 domestic and foreign medical and scientific 
periodicals. It maintains a microfilm and photostat service, and circu¬ 
lates annually about 2,500 volumes through its inter-library loan service. 

Besides the two stated meetings of the Academy held each month, there are 
monthly meetings of the eleven different Sections devoted to various branches 
of medicine and surgery and to historical and cultural medicine 0 Visiting 
physicians are invited to make the Academy their headquarters while in the 
city. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Academy exchanges its publications, con¬ 
tributes some of the duplicate books and periodicals from its Library, and 
extends its inter-library loan service to institutions in foreign countries. 
Its Inter-America Division has the object of greeting and assisting phy¬ 
sicians from the Latin-American countries. It also provides a Spanish and 
Portuguese-speaking physician to greet these visitors. Prior to the war, 
the Academy was informally affiliated with the International Society of 
Surgery, which had its headquarters at Brussels; after contact was lost, it 
undertook to function temporarily in behalf of the Society. The Academy 
will soon resume the annual award of two scholarships for internes in New 
York hospitals for one year 5 s study abroad. It does not award scholarships 
to people from other^.countries. 

MEMBERSHIP : Members are elected only after careful scrutiny of their pro¬ 
fessional qualifications and no candidate is considered until he has been 
out of medical college for at least five years. There are approximately 
2,400 members, who pay annual dues of $40^00 In case of resident and $10.00 
in the case of non-resident Fellows. The number of resident members - those 
residing or having offices within 25 miles of the Academy building - is limi¬ 
ted to 1,800. 






PUBLICATIONS; 


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Annual Report 

Bulletin , month!! 

Daily Bulletin of Meetings. Lectures. Conferences. Hosrital Rounds 

Daily Surgical Bulletin 

The Lectures to the Laity are published annually by the Columbia Uni¬ 
versity Press under the title of The March of Medicine . 

The Health Education Conference Transactions are published annually 
by the Columbia University Press 0 

Books giving the texts of the series of lectures, studies on the 
history of medicine, and various pamphlets. 

















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NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 


A non-profit educational and research library and museum of American 
history,, 

170 Central Park West Telephone: Trafalgar 7-2917 

New York 24, N. Y„ 


RoWoG. Vail, Director 

PURPOSE : To assist scholarly research in American history, and promote 
the study of American history, especially in terms that can be under¬ 
stood by the layman, 

ORGANIZATION: Founded in 1804 when it established the first museum 

of importance in New York, the New York Historical Society is one of 
the oldest organizations of this type in the country. The Society has 
1000 individual members, including old New Yorkers, historians and 
collectors; and one institutional member, the Hispanic Society of Ameri¬ 
ca, It is supported by donors who contribute both funds and objects 
to the Library and Museum, Many of New York* s old families have donated 
their family treasures. 

The Society's activities are governed by Officers and a Board of 
Trustees, George A, Zabriskie is the President, Its work is super¬ 
vised ty standing committees, 

OPERATIONS : The Society is largely a collection, exhibiting and pub¬ 
lishing agency. Its interest is both scholarly and popular. It main¬ 
tains a Museum and a Library both of which contain material on South and 
North America, The Society also has a collection of Egyptian art which 
is exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, aid there is an annex to the New 
York Museum at East Hampton, Long Island, 

The Museum has one of the three or four principal American historical 
collections in the country. It contains over 1300 American oil portraits, 
miniatures and sculptures, and over 600 European old master paintings. 

It has one of the larges civil war collections, and a permanent exhibit 
of the history of the American Army and Navy with war relics, flags, 
weapons, cannon, diaries, letters from soldiers, maps, pictorial material, 
etc, A special Port of New York room portrays New York as a commercial 
center. There are exhibits of American furniture, silver, glass, pewter, 
pottery, costumes, materials on business history, children's toys, decora¬ 
tive and folk art, and textiles. The Museum also has an old-time 






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drug store and a tobacconist's shop, fire fighting equipment, early 
vehicles, etc. 

The Library is relatively larger and more important than the Museum, 
Besides books, it has rare manuscript material, maps, prints, views, 
business papers, etc. It is used extensively by scholars, schools, 
writers, and novelists seeking background information. The Library 
also maintains a small research staff to serve the public. It is one 
of the half dozen most important libraries of American history. 

The Society conducts lectures for scholarly groups and cooperates with 
schools and colleges, particularly in the New York area. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ? The Society has arranged several exhibitions 
directly connected with the war effort, several at the request of and 
in cooperation with various government agencies and the Army and Navy, 
including Wings over the Central Pacific and Our GI's in Seven Wars. 
Exhibitions of the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office and the Army and 
Navy E Awards were added to the Society's record of the war effort 
at home during World War II. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Society works through the Library of 
Congress and the Smithsonian Exchange Service in its contacts with foreign 
libraries. It is planning to give its surplus stock of its more useful 
publications to replace damaged collections abroad. 

LEXERS HIP : Members are elected and contribute $10 yearly, or buy life 
memberships for $100. The Society elects Fellowsand Fatrons who contri¬ 
bute $1000 and $5000 respectively. 

PUBLICATIONS : Quarterly Bulletin . 

Proceedings . 

Catalogues of important exhibitions. 









TEE fmwwi m ' ASSOCUXXON Of.MmiQA 

A professional association for the advancement of photography in all its 
brancheso 

520 Caxton Building Telephones Cherry 0770 

Cleveland 15, Ohio 

Lt 0 Colo Charles L 0 Abel, Executive Manager 

PURPOSE ; "To advance photography in all its branches, both as an art and 
as a profession? to create, foster, promote and maintain cordial relations 
and cooperation and interchange of thought and opinion freely among its 
members? to oppose violations and infringements of the rights of profes- 
sional photographers or their organizations? to propose and support legis¬ 
lation favorable to and oppose legislation unfavorable or prejudicial to 
the interests of professional photographers? to foster the practical bene¬ 
fits to be derived from personal acquaintanceship and the discussion of 
subjects having to do with photography? to cooperate with any and all 
government agencies and departments having to do with ‘Wife art of or pro¬ 
fession of photography? to cooperate with other organizations which may 
be striving to accomplish similar purposes,," (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION ; The Photographers 5 Association of America was founded in 
1880o Its membership is composed chiefly of professional photographers, 
but it also includes others 0 It has two divisions, the portrait division 
and the commercial division? members are classified in one or the other ac¬ 
cording to the nature of their work 0 

The Association supplies information about photographers from its master 
list of some 20,000 studios? promulgates a code of ethics? supplies infor¬ 
mation on technical and other photographic problems? works toward the elimi¬ 
nation of rackets and unfair competition in the industry? supplies loan 
collections of photographs, advertising material, and lantern- slide talks 
on the history of photography? conducts photographic competitions? cooperates 
with Federal departments and bureaus? publishes an annual classified member¬ 
ship directory,. 

For exceptional ability in photography or in the arts or crafts involved 
in the production of finished photographs, or exceptional service to the 
profession or industry the Association awards the degrees of Master of 
Photography (M, Photog„), for members only? Photographic Craftsman (Cr„ 
Photogo), for members only? Honorary Master of Photography (Hon 0 M u Photog 0 ), 
for members and others 0 The Association conducts the Winona School of 
Photography, at Winona Lake, Indiana, a post-graduate school of photography* 

For the duration of the war, the Association has discontinued its annual 
convention and the ann u al Book of Selected Photographs Q 







THE PHOTOGRAPHERS 0 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA =2- 


The Association is financed entirely by membership dues 0 The officers are 
William Gardes, presidents James E 0 Thompson, vice-presidents J„ Carroll 
Brown, secretary^ Walton Reeves, treasurer; Charles Abel, executive manager„ 

MEMBERSHIP ; Membership is an individual matter, even though in the majority 
of cases the membership is in the name of the studio 0 Dues range from #6 o 00 
to $35 <>00 a year Q There are now 4300 members,, 

£fee Pfffesp^QBftJ, Ihg&oaBhiE, monthly, $2 o 00 a year. 

The Commercial Photographer n monthly, $2 o 00 a year, 
Classifi ed_M«mbership Directory - 

Special bulletins about government regulations that affect the photo¬ 
graphic industryo 








POSTWAR.INFORMATION EXCHANGE.,. TNC, 

A voluntary 9 non-profit,, educational clearing house of information for 
members of organisations in the field of international and domestic 
problemso 


41 Maiden Lane 
New Yorkp7 c , jr J a 


Telephones Bowling Green 9-6897 


Mrs. Florence B. Widutis, Executive Director 

To maintain contacts between persons professionally interested 
in postwar problemsj to avoid duplication of activity; to carry on sys¬ 
tematic educational work which will increase the effectiveness of public 
educational programs on postwar issues; and in the furtherance of these 
purposes*, to publish periodically a bulletin extending the benefits of 
the clearing house function to organizations and individuals throughout 
the countryo” (Official Statement) 

flRGANIZATIOffg The Postwar Information Exchange was initiated in 1943 s 
upon an invitation of the Twentieth Century Fund (described elsewhere 
in the Directory) 9 as an informal group of staff members of many leading 
organizations engaged in producing or distributing educational materials 
on national and international problems. The original participants in- 
eluded representatives of some 40 governmental and private agencies*, 
with the Twentieth Century Fund serving as a secretariat. 

In July 1944p the PIE was officially incorporated as an independent 
clearing house of information for national and regional organizations 
working on national and international affairs. The organization has 
headquarters in New York.: Monthly, meetings are held*, alternating be¬ 
tween New York and Washington. At present members of the Exchange are 
affiliated with 79 organizations. 

The Exchange is set up primarily to cserve. members of research and edu¬ 
cational organizations. It has no program of its own beyond providing 
an opportunity for an exchange of ideas and discussion of problems. In 
its publications and at its meetings*, it presents the pros and cons of 
controversial issues. 


The PIE is governed by a Board of Directors and the following officers*, 
elected by the memberships chairman*, Evans Clark (Twentieth Century 
Fund); vice-chairman*, Walter H. C. Laves (Bureau of the Budget); sec¬ 
retary*, Virginia Dv Parker (National Planning Association); treasurer. 
Paul M. Limbert (National Council of the YMCA°s). 

The Exchange is financed ty membership dues*, subscriptions to publications*, 
and contributions from other organizations*, such ass Twentieth Century 
Fund*, Woodrow Wilson Foundation*, Civic Education Service*, Readers Digest 





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Program Service* American Association of University Women* and the 
National Planning Association 

OPERATIONS s An annual meeting of the members of the corporation is 
held every January 0 Monthly membership meetings are also held at which 
members exchange information on their programs and on techniques of 
popular education Each meeting is devoted to a special topic* and a 
complete mimeographed copy of the minutes is distributed to all mem- 
berso Recent meetings have covered such topics ass the use of radio* 
educational films* consumer problems and housing 0 

An important part of the PIE°s activities is the publication of the 
Postwar Information Bulletin which has been issued since September* 1944o 
The Bulletin appears monthly and contains information on the common 
problems of community leaders and unusual methods of arousing public 
Interests describes current pamphlets* educational films* recordings 
and radio programss lists available speakers; and summarizes discussions 
of vital national and international issues 3 

A new special project is a handbook on educational techniques based on 
a study of organizations throughout the country 0 Entitled Here c s How 

ganizations that issue material suitable for popular education on a 
national basis to aid those engaged in community program planning c The 
handbook is being published with the assistance of a contribution from 
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 0 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : There are no foreign agencies among the mem¬ 
bership of the PIE, but many of the member organizations are engaged 
in international activities* and staff members of various international 
agencies such as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminis¬ 
tration and the International Labor Organization participate in the 
clearing house 0 There are subscribers to the Bulletin in England and 
Australia and many other countries 0 Persons in foreign countries can 
subscribe to the Bulletin for $l o 50 a year 0 

MEMBERSHIP 8 Active and corresponding membership is open to non-profit 
organizations* or their staff members* engaged In publishing or distri¬ 
buting popular materials of general interest on public affairs„ In¬ 
dividual dues are $5o00 per year; for organizationss $15 o 00 o Whether 
membership is active or corresponding depends on the geographical lo¬ 
cation of the member 0 An associate membership has just been opened 
to profit -making organizations and non-profit agencies which are not 
eligible for active or corresponding membership at a fee of $100 0 


Postwar Information Bulletin ^ monthly* free to members, $l o 00 a 
year by subscription; $l o 50 outside continental United States„ 

Minutes of meetings* monthly to members 0 

Actly itiegLReports of Members covers publications* meetings* etc* 
of member organizations 0 


Igrejs-Ho^ It° 8 Done, A Popular Education Guide, on methods of 
stimulating interest in national and international problems 0 Single 
®opy $lo00* quantity rates,, To be published September 15* 1945o 







POST WAR WORLD COUNCIL 


A nonpartisan membership organization working for "the earliest 
possible attainment of a just, lasting and democratic peace." 

112 East 19th Street Telephone: Gramercy 7-8534 

New York 3 , N. Y. 

Elsie Elfenbein, Executive Director 
PURPOSE : The program of the Council aims: 

"ON THE HCME FRONT— 

1* To preserve the Bill of Rights, 

2. To recognize the right of Puerto Rico to determine, by a 
free plebiscite, its political status and relationship to the 
U.S.A. 

3. To let the costs of war be borne according to ability 
through taxation. Prevent inflation and eliminate war profits. 

4. To maintain unaltered and extended social services and 
social legislation. 

5. To establish democratic controls over economic processes. 

o. To avoid a militarization of the mind and an extension of 

compulsory military training. 

7. To extend democracy in all branches of the services with 
promotion based on merit, not favoritism. 

8 . To assure equality of opportunity for and abolish segre¬ 
gation of Negroes in all phases of life. 

9. To continue opposition to all manifestations of anti- 
Semitism. 

ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT— 

1. To educate for democratic world organization. 

2. To send humanitarian aid, under proper safeguards, to all 
peoples who need it. 

3. To work for the earliest possible attainment of a just and 
lasting peace, to be worked out by all parties to the war in full 
and free conference, not dictated by the victors to the vanquished. 

4. To recognize the full equality of all races, white and 
colored alike. 

5. To assure free access to all peoples to all raw materials 
and markets. 

6 . To grant freedom to India and to all other subject peoples. 

ORGANIZATION : The Council, formed in December, 1941, has a merober- 
ship of approximately 2,000 people and is directed by a board of 68 
governors, composed of people prominent in public life, and an 
executive committee. Norman Thomas, several times Socialist candi¬ 
date for President of the United States, is chairman, and 





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Oswald Garrison Villard, author and former editor of The Nation , 
is treasurer. Mrs. Elsie Elfenbein is executive director. The 
Council is financed by dues and contributions from its members. 

The Council’s principal educational activities consist of the pub¬ 
lication and dissemination of its pamphlets and leaflets; it 
sponsors public meetings and radio programs. Through its month¬ 
ly News Bulletin , the Council seeks to keep its members informed 
of pending legislation and to urge them to contact members of 
Congress and influence the voting. Among other issues, the Coun¬ 
cil is waging a fight against the enactment of legislation for 
postwar military conscription as well as conducting a campaign 
against racial discrimination. 

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; The Council is active chiefly in edu¬ 
cational work within the United States. It has no foreign 
affiliations, but conducts correspondence with like-minded or¬ 
ganizations in France and England, It is interested in an ex¬ 
change of materials with organizations in Europe opposing all 
imperialism, peacetime conscription and racial discrimination. 

The Council has worked with the United States Department of the 
Interior on the problem of Puerto Rico. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership in the Council is open to the public. 

The initiation fee is $5. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council publishes for its members a monthly 
Post War World News Bulletin , and has prepared a series of in¬ 
formational pamphlets and leaflets. Its pamphlets, which sell 
for 10£ each, include the following titles: 

Freedom For All , by Pearl S. Buck. 

World Federation , by Norman Thomas. 

Disarmament in the Post War World , by Oswald Garrison Villard. 
Brother Jim Crow , by James Rorty. 

Shall We Rule Germany? , by Oswald Garrison Villard. 

Let’s Keep the Tools of Plenty , by Lewis Corey. 

Conscription , by Norman Thomas. 

International Cartels and World Peace , by Corwin D. Edwards. 
The Future of the Far East , by Harry Paxton Howard. 

Leaflets on various topics are available at l£ each, or $9 a 1,000. 



















PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITS) STATES OF AMERICA 

National Council 

The National Council is the board of directors of the Domestic and 
Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
the United States of America. 

281 Fourth Avenue Telephone: Gramercy 5-3012 

New York 10, N. Y. Cable Address: FENALONG 

Reverend Franklin J. Clark, Secretary 

PURPOSE : "The unification, development and prosecution of the mis¬ 
sionary, educational and social work of the church.” (Official 
statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society was estab¬ 
lished in 1820 and incorporated in I846. It is composed of all mem¬ 
bers of the church and is a "body corporate for the purpose of con¬ 
ducting general missionary operations in all lands". The National 
Council, which is the board of directors of the Society, is composed 
of 16 members elected by the general convention, of whom four are 
bishops, four presbyters and eight laymen, also one elected from 
each of the eight provinces and four women elected from the woman's 
auxiliary to the National Council. Officers are: president, the 
Right Reverend Henry St. George Tucker, presiding bishop; vice- 
president, the Reverend James Thayer Addison; treasurer, Lewis B. 
Franklin; secretary, the Reverend Franklin J. Clark. 

The National Council has organized the following departments and 
divisions: 

I. Overseas Department — the Reverend James Thayer Addison, 
director. 

II. Home Department — the Reverend George A. Wieland, director. 

a. Division of Domestic Missions — the Reverend George A. 
Wieland, executive secretary. Fields of work include: 

(1) rural (town and country, isolated, migrant, share¬ 
cropper, Southern Mountain); (2) racial (Negro, Indian, 

„ Oriental, Spanish-American) ; (3) special (blind, deaf, 
nationals, war industries). 

b. Division of College Work — the Reverend Alden Drew 
Kelley, acting executive secretary. This division co¬ 
operates with the following interdenominational agencies: 
University Commission of the Council of Church Boards of 
Education; World Student Christian Federation; Student 
Volunteer Movement; War Emergency Council; interreligion 
Council for American Colleges and Universities; National 
Student Relocation Council; World Student Service Fund. 





PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -2 


c. Division of Youth — the Reverend Frederick H. Arterton, 
executive secretary. Objectives: "To aid the church in 
her ministry to her young people by giving to young 
people their rightful place in the planning of the youth 
program (known as the United Movement of the Church's 
Youth) as an integral part of the total program of the 
whole churchj making possible the participation of every 
young person of the church in the life work and fellow¬ 
ship of the church through a vigorous program of acti¬ 
vities in the areas of worship, study and action; to 
provide and distribute educational and promotional 
literature ; to plan and conduct conferences and inter¬ 
views; and to encourage and carry on correspondence to 
make the above possible.” (From organizational chart) 

d. Division of Christian Education — the Reverend Daniel 
A. McGregor, executive secretary. Objectives: ”To help 
dioceses and parishes improve their educational programs, 
by consultation, conferences and printed materials; to 
promote national offerings; to maintain contact with 
educational work of other churches and of the secular 
world." (From organizational chart) 

e. Division of Christian Social Relations — the Reverend 
Almon R. Pepper, executive secretary. 

(1) The Episcopal Committee for European Refugees works 
closely with the American Committee for Christian 
Refugees. The duties of the Episcopal Committee 
have been to act as a resource committee, principal¬ 
ly securing affidavits in this country for refugees 
before the war. Miss Edith Denison, of the divi¬ 
sion's staff, keeps in contact with as many as pos¬ 
sible, with their families, and from time to 
possible, with their families, and from time to 
time gifts ma made to them. Work has been done, 
too, with the Bishop of Chichester's Committee for 
Refugees in England (Church of England House, 
Bloomsbury Street, London, England). 

(2) Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief. "For four 
years, the Presiding Bishop's Fund has been the chan¬ 
nel through which churchmen have contributed to the 
support of religious and interchurch agencies work¬ 
ing among the war-torn peoples of the world. The 
Christian Church in China has been sustained. Refu¬ 
gees from racial and religious persecution have been 
rescued. Prisoners of war have been provided with 
the pastoral ministry and the sacraments of the 
Church. Missionaries cut off from their home churches 
have been supported and their work continued, Bibles 
and other Christian literature produced in this 
country have filled the gap left by the silent presses 
of Europe." (From the folder on the Bishop's Fund) 






PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -3- 


Also under this division come the Presiding Bishop's Con¬ 
ference on Capital and Labor, the committee on the postwar 
ministry, and the committee on work in war industry areas. 

III. Department of Finance — Lewis B. Franklin, director and 
treasurer. 

IV. Department of Promotion — Robert D. Jordan, director. 

V. Woman's Auxiliary to the National Council — Mrs. Arthur M. 
Sherman, executive secretary. Objective: "To stimulate the 
interest of every woman of the church in the whole program 
of the church, and to enlist her participation." 

Related organizations and activities receiving appropriations from 
the National Council include: Forward in Service, Church Mission 
of Help, Church Periodical Club, Girls' Friendly Society, American 
Churches in Europe, Church Society for College Work, American 
Church Institute for Negroes (the Institute, sponsored by the 
Episcopal Church, has nine schools for Negroes in the South), 

Presiding Bishop's Committee on Laymen's Work, Advisory Council 
to the Presiding Bishop on Ecclesiastical Relations, Universal 
Christian Council for Life and Work, Federal Council of Churches 
of Christ in America, and World Conference on Faith and Order. 

The Episcopal Church has joined with other churches in the resettle¬ 
ment of Japanese-Americans, which means "counseling with individuals 
and families in the resettlement areas, assistance in finding hous¬ 
ing employment, integrating the Christian members of the Japanese 
congregations into the churches of their own choice, and providing 
social and spiritual contacts in the new environment into which they 
have come. In Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, 
Denver, and many other large centers of population this resettlement- 
program is now at work. Many thousands have been successfully and 
happily resettled by the combined efforts of the War Relocation 
Authority and the Christizn Churches." (From the Annual Report of 
the National Council, 1943) 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : On the European continent are the follow¬ 
ing branches of the Episcopal Church in America: American Pro- 
Cathedral, Paris; St. Luke's Chapel, Paris; Einmanuel Church, Geneva; 
Church of the Holy Spirit, Nice; St. James' Church, Florence; St. 
John's Church, Dresden; Church of the Ascension, Munich. Bishop 
Sherrill is bishop in charge. 

The National Council keeps in constant contact with the Church of 
England. Bishop Hobson and Bishop Oldham have made recent trips to 
England There is a Joint Committee on Anglo-American Missionary Co¬ 
operation, and money is sent by the National Council to the Archbishop 
of Canterbury for this missionary work. 

Negotiations are under way with the Russian Church to have a church 
delegation sent to Russia. 









PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -4- 


The National Council is a world-wide agency for the Episcopal 
Church’s missions. There are missions in Cuba, Puerto Rico, 
the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Alaska, Liberia, China, Central and 
South America. Wartime conditions during 1943 meant the with¬ 
drawal of missionaries from Japan, occupied China, and the 
Philippines, though it is believed that the church’s work has 
been carried on under native leadership. 

PUBLICATIONS : The National Council publishes a monthly maga¬ 
zine, Forth . $1 a year. Among other recent publications are: 

Our Expanding Church — by James Thayer Addison; 250. 

Pillars of Peace — a study packet containing material 
on basic problems which must be faced in planning a durable 
peace; 350. 

A Better World for All — a statement on social recon¬ 
struction adopted by the general convention; |3. 

Philippine Kaleidoscope — by V. H. Gowen; 350. 

The Churchman Looks at the Indian — by Lois C. Palmer; 150. 

This Is the Indian — by Earl F. Dexter; 250. 

Color and Culture as World Problems — $5. 

Interracial Understanding — 100. 

The Social Implications of Corporate Worship — 50. 

Man and Community — by D. A. McGregor; 250. 

Vocations in the Church — 400. 


Pamphlets on The Negro Today . Mexico Today . Puerto Rico Today . Cuba 
Today . China Today . Brazil Today . The Indian Today , etc. 





















PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CLEARING HOUSE 


A center and a service agency for professional organizations in the 
field of public administration. 

1313 East 60th Street Telephone: Fairfax 3400 

Chicago, Illinois 

Herbert Emmerich, Director 

John K. Gurwell, Editorial Associate 

Louis Brownlow, Consultant (International Collaboration) 

PURPOSE ; n To facilitate the interchange of information, points of 
view, and experience among organizations of public officials , or¬ 
ganizations of citizens, and other groups which are planning for 
improvements in the administrative technique of government; to en¬ 
courage closer cooperation among these groups and to assist in making 
available to each group the information and technical resources and 
experience at the disposal of other organizations—thus preventing 
overlapping of program and duplication of effort. The Clearing 
House seeks particularly to bring together operating officials and 
research and technical experts to reduce the gap between theory and 
practice." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Clearing House is organized as a non-profit 
corporation. It maintains a staff and is governed by a Board of 
Trustees composed of Ralph Budd, Chairman; Charles G. Dawes, Vice- 
Chairman; Richard S. Childs, Frederick M. Davenport, Marshall Field, 
Robert M. Hutchins, John Lord O'Brian and Louis Erownlow, 

The organizations affiliated with the Clearing House and sharing its 
services under the same roof are: 

American Public Works Association 
Municipal Finance Officers Association 
National Association of Secretaries of State 
Civil Service Assembly 

National Association of Attorneys General 
Governors' Conference 

International City Managers' Association 
American Municipal Association 
American Public Welfare Association 
Council of State Governments 
National Association of Housing Officials 
Public Administration Service 
National Association of Assessing Officers 
American Society of Planning Officials 
Federation of Tax Administrators 
American Society for Public Administration 

The Research Staffs of the Committee for Economic Development and of 





PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CLEARING HOUSE -2- 


the American Association of Schools of Social Work have also estab¬ 
lished headquarters in the same building. 

OPERATIONS : The Clearing House maintains a personnel exchange ser¬ 
vice which helps public officials locate specifically qualified 
candidates for research and administrative positions; disseminates 
through its News Bulletin to newspaper and magazine editors infor¬ 
mation concerning significant developments in the field; manages 
the building at 1313 E. 60th Street and has charge of certain 
services performed for the affiliated organizations. 

These services include management of a Joint Reference Library 
containing reports, statistical data, journal.3 and other materials 
collected by the organizations. Besides the normal library duties, 
special subject bibliographies are prepared and a weekly check list, 

9P GpverRP?eStfll„Prqblemg is published. 

The Clearing House maintains an office in Washington, D. C. in the 
Transportation Building, which is used by the Washington representa¬ 
tives of the organizations in the Chicago group and by other staff 
members when on business in the national capital. 

INTERNATIONAL_ACTIVITIES : The Clearing House acts chiefly as a co¬ 
ordinating agency for the international activities of certain of its 
member groups. Before the war, the chief contacts abroad were with 
the International Union of Local Authorities, the International 
Federation for Housing and Town Planning, and the International In¬ 
stitute of Administrative Sciences. The IIAS was a union of national 
governments functioning on the national level, while the others 
dealt with local problems. An American Committee of the IULA had 
been formed to handle all international connections of which Mr. Louis 
Brownlow, the former director of the Clearing House, is the chairman. 

In 1938 the Pan-American Commission on Intermunicipal Cooperation 
was organized in Havana and the American Committee of IULA was desig¬ 
nated as the official agency of affillation for the United States. 

IULA European headquarters were then temporarily removed to Havana, 
but the European office has now been reestablished. It is reported 
that the IULA library which had been housed during the war in the 
basement of the National Museum in Brussels is still intact. This 
library centralizes more data on European cities than can be found 
anywhere else in the world. 

The organization of IULA is now being administered on a hemispherical 
basis retaining an overall group of officers. A third Asiatic 
regional office may be added later. These organizations are eager 
for any information about former leaders and municipal activities. 






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The IULA has already been able to assist persons in military govern¬ 
ment and civil administration in Europe. It is discussing further 
cooperation with UNRRA. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Public Administration Clearing House has published 
Public Administrat ion Organizations , a directory of unofficial or¬ 
ganizations in the field of public administration in the U. S. and 
Canada. The only directory of international organizations in the 
field of public administration is one published in Brussels in 1936 
by the Joint Committee on planning and Cooperation. 




















PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERVICE 


A joint agency of organizations in the field of public administration 0 

1313 East 60th Street Telephones Fairfax 3400 

Chicago 37, Illinois 

Ho Go Pope, Executive Director 

PURPOSE; "To enable cities, counties, states and other governmental sub¬ 
divisions to render improved public services at reduced costs through as¬ 
sisting in the installation of modern administrative, operating and fin¬ 
ancial procedureso" (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Public Administration Service is a non-membership 
organization governed by a board composed of the executive directors of 
the organizations affiliated with the Public Administration Clearing House 0 
The Service has at its disposal a technical staff experienced both as 
public officials and as consultants to cities, counties and other govern¬ 
mental unitSo It also calls upon members of the staffs of the consultant 
organizations of the Clearing House and other specialists of national 
reputationo 

The Service furnishes cities, counties, states and the federal government 
with advisory and consulting services, and makes general administrative 
surveys, reorganizations and installations on a cost basis 0 It installs 
budget, accounting, revenue, personnel and purchasing equipment and other 
management services, and reorganizes operating departments and procedures,, 

The Service gives general assistance to public officials, universities and 
civic agencies and to its associated organizations on a variety of prob¬ 
lems, through advice, consultation, review of materials, preparation of 
articles, attendance at conferences, addresses and lectureSo Through 
the preparation of books and monographs it makes available for general 
use the principles, findings and recommendations developed as a result of 
its survey, reorganization and installation projects 0 The Service also 
conducts an interneship training program 0 

PUBLICATIONS : The Service acts as a joint publishing agency for a number 
of national organizations of public officials which have headquarters in 
the same building. A number of the publications make available the re¬ 
sults of the numerous activities, others are prepared by national authori¬ 
ties in their respective fields„ The Service also acts as agent for the 
publications of its associated organizations 0 It issues a joint catalog, 
Your Business of Government „ 


Among the publications available are: 







PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERVICE =2= 


Action for Cities; a Guide for Community Planning ~ $l o 00 
(Tells what sources are available and helps interested citizens and of¬ 
ficials to develop a planned program for their community 0 ) 

Government Planning Machinery «=»- $l o 00o (A survey of the planning 
machinery in various countries directed toward the conservation, develop¬ 
ment and better utilization of national resources 0 ) 

The Use Tax? Its History,, Administration and Economic Effects — 
$lo50„ 


Merit System Installation; Problems and Procedures in Establishing 

a Public Personnel Agency — $l o 50 o 

Distribution of Police Patrol Force -«= $l o 00 o 
Police Records; Their Installation and Use — $6 o 00o 

Milk Controls Governmental Regulation of the Dairy Industry in the 

IMt.ed.S tat e g — 750 O 

A Library Cl assificatio n. for„Publ ic Administr ation Mjtyialg — $6 o 00 o 
The Management of Municipal Public Works ~ $3o75» 














PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 


A non-profit educational organization • 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Telephone: Circle 5-6420 

New York 20, N. Y. 

Maxwell S. Stewart, editor of pamphlet series 

Violet Edwards, director of education and promotion 

PURPOSE: "To make available in summary and inexpensive form the 
results of research on economic and social problems to aid in 
the understanding and development of American policy. The sole 
purpose of the Committee is educational. It has no economic 
or social program of its own to promote." (from the Constitution) 

ORGANIZATION : The Committee was incorporated in 1937, and is a 
member of New Tools For Learning, which is located at 280 Madison 
Ave., New York 16, N, Y. "This Committee prepares and distributes 
pamphlets on current social and economic problems. Authoritative 
research and expert opinions are presented in these 32-page pamphlets 
in popular, readable form with helpful charts, drawings and picto- 
graphs. Pamphlets are now in their eighth million and are already 
widely used by students, teachers, government bureaus, Army and 
Navy, United Service Organizations, and by thousands of civic, 
church, business, labor and educational groups. Counseling service 
is available to program organizations and schools on the effective 
use of Public Affairs pamphlets. The Committee invites correspond¬ 
ence with authors of textbooks, educational journals, curriculum 
builders, others." (Pamphlet - New Tools for Learning about War 
and Postwar Problems , printed by New Tools for Learning) 

The pamphlets are regularly based on the research of other organiza¬ 
tions, and writers are chosen for their competence and in a majority 
of cases are not from the Committee staff. Since 1942 post-war 
problems have been emphasized. An important aspect of the publications 
program is its adaptability to the needs of special subscribers. 

Large orders of the pamphlets may be issued in any of three sizes 
and varying formats, and may carry the imprint of the subscribing 
organization. On request, poster-size "blow-ups" are made of charts 
and pictographs from the pamphlets. Copyrighted material from the 
pamphlets is available for reprint; free for non-profit agencies and 
at moderate rates for others. The Committee has three low cost 
subscription arrangements, and quantity rate discounts which lower 
the cost of each 10£ pamphlet considerably. The largest regular 
purchasers are adult education groups and other associations that 
carry independent study programs. Large orders also come from the 
armed forees . There are many foreign subscribers, particularly from 
Canada, South Africa, and Australia. There has been no stockpiling 
of copies for interrupted subscriptions in war zones. 







PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 


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Other activities of the Committee include a program of experimentation 
with different forms and media of presentation, such as: educational 
motion-pictures, film strips, comic strips, etc. There is also an 
active program of education and promotion for the purpose of extend¬ 
ing the public-education program of the pamphlets; by circulating 
press releases based on them, by calling them to the attention of 
educational radio programs, by stimulating magazine articles, etc. 

The Committee is largely self-supporting through the sale of its 
pamphlets, but is also aided by a year to year grant from the Alfred 
F. Sloan Foundation for economic education. It has subscribers, 
but no contributing memberships. 

MEMBERSHIP : The membership is limited to the corporate members of 
the Committee, all of whom serve voluntarily except for Maxwell S. 
Stewart, editor of the pamphlet series, and Miss Violet Edwards, 
director of education and promotion. The voluntary members "serve 
in a personal capacity and not as representatives of their respective 
organizations." (from Committee statement) 

PUBLICATIONS : Hie pamphlets are issued monthly. 





TnE ROCKLFEI.IER POlTTinATTPlJ 

A privately endowed foundation granting funds for research and 
education in the sciences and humanities* 

49 West 49th Street Telephone: Columbus 5-8100 

New York 20, N. Y. 

Raymond B. Fosdick, President 
Norma S. Thompson, Secretary 

PURPOSE ; "To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." 

(From the original Charter.) 

To expedite the advance of knowledge which, because of the lack of 
laboratories or tools, might otherwise be retarded; to grant funds 
to projects in the divisions of medical, natural and social sciences, 
in the humanities and in the field of public health. 

ORGANIZATION: The Rockefeller Foundation was established in 1913. 

Its program was at first confined solely to the field of nubile health. 
Other fields were gradually assimilated until, in 1928, it was organi¬ 
zed on its present basis. Except to a limited extent in its Inter¬ 
national Health Division, the Foundation is not an operating organization. 
Its activities are confined to the support of other agencies and to 
the training, through post-doctoral fellowships, of comoetent Dersonnel. 

Policies are determined by a self-perpetuating board of unsalaried 
trustees. The program is administered under the President through 
a group of executive officers. Both the income and the principal of 
the Foundation's general fund are available for appropriations. Res¬ 
ponsibility for the fund and its expenditures rests with the trustees. 
Raymond B. Fosdick is the President, and Walter F. Stewart the Chairman 
of the Board. 

OPERATIONS: In its choice of projects for support, no attempt is 
made by the Foundation to build up an entire field of study. Its 
program must of necessity be a selective one. Three fourths of the 
allotment for work in the medical sciences was devoted to psychiatry and 
related subjects in 1944. In the natural sciences, the emphasis is 
on experimental biology; in public health, on the development of public 
health education and on the study and control of certain diseases; 
in the social sciences on projects contributing not only to the under¬ 
standing of important social problems, but also to the development of 
personnel and method; and in the humanities, on efforts which tend 
to raise the general cultural level and promote cultural interchange 
between countries. 

Although the Foundation's main concern is in long-term objectives, a 
substantial proportion of the appropriations have been devoted to 
the present emergencies. In addition to its usual scientific research 
activilies, it has cooperated with the specialized needs of the armed 







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forces for personnel, materials, and knowledge. 

The International Health Division, the Foundation's only opera+ing 
agency, has its own laboratories and a scientific staff spread around 
the world. Since the war, the public health activities of the 
Foundation have taken two directions. It has continued its regular 
program of strengthening the control of diseases important from the 
standpoint of the public health, through field and laboratory work 
in places where such work is still possible and the men to conduct 
it are still available. In addition, through a special war agency, 
the Rockefeller Foundation Health Commission, it carries on a program 
aimed at facing the health emergencies inherent in devastating war. 

It has rendered service to regions afflicted with refugee problems, 
disorganization of sanitary services, postwar epidemics, nutritional 
deficiencies, or other conditions arising from the war which consti¬ 
tute major health disasters. During 1944> the Division carried on 
its operations in 23 countries. 

In the field of the social sciences in 1944 the Foundation made ap¬ 
propriations for a longer term than has been customary to enable 
groups to plan ahead in relation to the problems of the postwar world. 

A special fellowship program is being planned in consultation with 
research directors, educational executives and others to appraise the 
postwar needs for cultural and scientific personnel? and to develop 
measures which will supplement the provisions of the G. I. Bill of 
Rights. Candidates will be selected from graduates in the four fields 
who have served in the amr- or whose record in war research has been 
outstanding. 

Throughout the war years, research projects in institutions in Great 
Britain, Sweden and Switzerland have been maintained. As rapidly as 
possible, contacts are being reestablished in Europe. An officer of 
the Foundation has been stationed in London throughout the war. In 
1944, a staff member of the International Health Division was also 
assigned to the London office and as soon as conditions permit it is 
expected that he will establish headquarters in Paris. The director 
of the Division of Social Sciences of the Foundation s^ent two months 
in Great Britain and, in the latter part of the year, representatives 
of the Foundation visited France. The Far Eastern office, formerly 
in Manila and now in Delhi, has been manned throughout the war. 

OWI has been aiding the Foundation in securing information on the sta¬ 
tus of Rockefeller Foundation personnel and projects in liberated coun¬ 
tries . 

PUBLICATIONS: The President's Review , a brief illustrated account of 
the year's work. 

The Annual Report , containing the reports of the Secre¬ 
tary, Treasurer, and the Directors. 

The Annual Report of the International Health Division , 
summary of research work of interest to students of public health. 









JULIUS ROSENWALD FUND 


A fund devoted to education and to the betterment of race relations 0 

4901 South Ellis Avenue Telephones Drexel 7100 

Chicago 15, Illinois 

Edwin R 0 Enbree, President of the Fund 

FUEPOSEs "To receive and disburse funds for philanthropic causes, the 
purpose as stated in the charter being, ’for the well-being of mankind.'" 

ORGANIZATION ? The Fund was established in 1917 on the initiative of 
Julius Rosenwald, Chicago merchant and philanthropist, who furnished 
the original endowment and from time to time contributed further amounts. 

While Mr 0 Rosenwald was the founder and chief patron, gifts have also 
been received from other donors, such as T„ M. Troy, the Rosenwald 
Family Corporation and the Carnegie Corporation which granted $200,000 
for the support of the library extension program. 

The management of the Fund is vested in a Board of Trustees, with the 
following officers; Edwin R 0 Enbree, president! Will W. Alexander, vice- 
president and co-director for race relations; Charles S. Johnson, co¬ 
director for race relations; Fred G 0 Wale, director for rural education; 
Vandi Vo Haygood, acting director for fellowships; Dorothy A. Elvidge, 
secretary and comptroller 

OPERATIONS ? "From the beginning, the main concern of the Fund has been 
the betterment of the condition of Negroes with a view to their full 
participation in American life 0 The Fund's interest expressed itself 
first in helping to build public schoolhouses in the rural South." The 
chief activities of the Fund in recent years have been: l) education of 
teachers for work in the rural schools of the South, both colored and 
white; 2) endowment of Dillard University for higher education of Negroes; 

3) fellowships for exceptionally promising Negroes and white Southerners; 

4) efforts to improve race relations. 

The following agencies have received support from the Fund? American 
Council on Race Relations, Southern Regional Council, National Council 
of Negro Women, Hold Your Job Committee, National Urban League, National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Associated Negro 
Press, National Committee for Housing, Fisk University, Atlanta Universi¬ 
ty, and Provident Hospital, Chicago Q 






JULIUS ROSENWALD FUND 


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In the past two years the Fund has distributed more than 100,000 books 
and pamphlets to agencies and individuals throughout the country. It 
has given support to four teachers colleges "for the more realistic 
preparation of rural teachers." In the past three years, 120 fellowship 
awards have been made to Negroes and white Southerners. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Fund provided entire or partial financial support for 
a number of special studies and reports, such as: 

Race and Rumors of Race . Howard W. Odum 

To Stem This Tide . Charles S. Johnson 

O Q Btte - &HPS« y of Jlgftfi and Trend s..!^ Rape Re^tlong 
Directory.of Agencies in Race Relations 









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Russian WAR RELIEF. INC , 

A coordinating body for all Russian relief in the United States 
eluding the Red Cross and government sources. 

5 Cedar Street Telephone: Whitehall 3-2460 

New York 5, N. Y. Cable: 

♦ , . « * 

Fred Myers, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: To provide desperately needed relief supplies to be shipped, 
free of cost, to the Soviet Union; to give this aid in a spirit of 
friendship, understanding and cooperation which will help establish 
a firm foundation of good-will between the United States and the 
Soviet Union. 

ORGANIZATION : In July 1941, a small group of business and professional 
men, religious and welfare leaders, came together on their own initia¬ 
tive and created the Provisional Committee for Medical Aid to Russia. 
Learning that civilian relief goods were as greatly needed as medical 
supplies, the committee changed its name to Russian War Relief and 
was incorporated on September 12, 1941. RWR is now a member agency 
of the National War Fund and is registered with the President's War 
Relief Control Board. 

Sponsors of RWR include distinguished citizens in every phase of 
national life. Among its officers are: Honorary Chairman, Allen 
Wardwell, member of a New York law firm; President, Edward C. Carter, 
Secretary General of the Institute of Pacific Relations; Vice Presi¬ 
dent, the Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin, President of Union Theological 
Seminary; Vice President, Henry C. Alexander, Vice President of J. P. 
Morgan & Company. Fred Myers is National Executive Director. 

Over 400 authorized RWR committees, set up on a state, county or communi¬ 
ty basis, are functioning throughout the United States. Through 
these, RWR participates in the annual fund-raising campaign of the 
National War Fund, and in 1944 was allocated approximately six mil¬ 
lion dollars. 

The local committees also collaborate in the national campaigns for 
gifts of clothing, vegetable seed, used medical equipment and books, 
watches for doctors and nurses, household utility kits, etc. RWR's 
Kit Campaign has been widely publicized. A sewing workroom is main¬ 
tained by the New York Chapter at 35 West 35th Street. The production 
of clothing by volunteer sewing and knitting groups has added greatly 
to clothing contributions; women in churches, clubs, unions, nationality 
and youth groups have participated. 





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Other RWR activities include special events such as a Write-to-Russia 
campaign, a merchandising program which sells a number of inexpensive 
items; and a national Speakers Bureau. The latter was established in 
1943 under the chairmanship of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman. There are now 
more than 40 local speakers bureaus in operation, serving not only to 
gather support for HV’tR campaigns, but also to encourage understanding 
and friendship. 

The local committees and national headquarters of RWR have received 
cooperation from church groups of every denomination, trade unions, 
professional associations, youth organizations, fraternal groups, etc. 
The Rev. Dr. Ralph E; Sockman, minister of Christ Church, New York, 
is chairman of the Russian War Relief Interfaith Committee composed 
of 56 representatives of 17 different religious denominations. Spurred 
by editorial support in influential religious papers, church organiza¬ 
tions contributed thousands of household utility kits to a recent 
campaign. A special Nationalities Division of RWR insures cooperation 
of minority groups. The Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, Inc. 
is an important member-organization sponsored by many prominent Jews. 
The work of the Council is carried on largely among Yiddish-speaking 
groups, and its promotional literature is mainly in Yiddish, or in 
both Yiddish and Ehglish. 

RWR has been in contact with several government agencies. For ex¬ 
ample, a pictorial exhibit of American agricultural assistance to the 
Soviet Union, under the auspices of RWR, in cooperation with the U. 6. 
Department of Agriculture and the War Food Administration, was on view 
April-May 1944 in the Fatio of the U. S. D. A. Administration build¬ 
ing, Washington, D. C. 

The Moscow representative of RWR is its former research director, 

Leo Gruliow, who is in constant contact with the OWI and other American 
agencies in Moscow. Shipping facilities for relief supplies are pro¬ 
vided by the Soviet Government without cost to RWR. Distribution is 
effected on the advice of the Comissariat of Health, the Surgeon 
General of the Red Army, the Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent 
Societies, Commissariat of Education and Commissariat of Social In¬ 
surance. VOKS, the Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Coun¬ 
tries, acts as a general clearing house. In 1943 over 16 million dol¬ 
lars worth of goods was consigned to the Soviet Union. In 1944 the 
amount was increased to 21 millions. 

RWR is interested in promoting an exchange of cultural information be¬ 
tween Soviet and American groups, and in receiving publications from 
Russia. 

PUBLICATIONS: The official organ is the RWR Memo , published monthly 
for the information of its committees and contributors. Campaign 
literature, frequent reprints and reports on such subjects as Soviet 
Wartime Medicine and Russia Fights Famine are also published. 







SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION, INC . 

Devoted to child welfare. 

Telephone: Lexington 2-5034 
Cable address: CHILD FUND 

John R. Voris, President 

f 0H f9 SE; MThe general purpose of the organization is to assist 
in the relief and care of the health, education and social wel¬ 
fare of the children of the United States and other lands." 
(Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Federation was incorporated in 1932 as the 
American member of the Save the Children International Union, 
which was founded in 1920 and maintains headquarters at Geneva, 
Switzerland. The Federation has a corporate body of 77, repre¬ 
senting a constituency of about 25,000 who give financial sup¬ 
port. Its headquarters are in New York City. It is managed by 
a board of directors and an executive committee which holds 
monthly meetings. The corporate body meets annually. John R. 

Voris, authority on world child problems, is president. Guy 
Qnery Shipler, editor of The Churchman , is chairman of the board. 

WAR—TD4E^0FERATIONS : The Federation, which is registered with the 
President's War Relief Control Board, maintains an overseas service, 
headed by Nicholas Lemtugov. As the American member of the Save 
the Children International Union, it has organized a war emergency 
advisory section of the Union in the USA. This action was taken 
because of the relative isolation of Geneva under wartime condi¬ 
tions. 

The Federation extends financial aid and contributions of cloth¬ 
ing for needy children abroad through a number of sister organi¬ 
zations: the Save the Children Fund in England; Radda Barnen 
(the Swedish Save the Children Committee), and the Jamaica Save 
the Children Fund. The Canadian Save the Children Fund cooperates 
with the Federation in overseas work. The British Fund, the 
International Union and the Federation Jointly maintain a repre¬ 
sentative in Cairo, Egypt, for work among refugee children in the 
Middle East. 

Periodically the Federation sends considerable amounts of cloth¬ 
ing to some of its sister organizations in various countries. It 
cooperates with the Women’s Council for Postwar Europe in the kits 
for Europe's children project. This project is now operating in 
Sweden on behalf of the thousands of refugees sheltered there. 


One Madison Avenue 
New York 10, N. Y. 







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Federation relief and educational activities will be extended to 
reoccupied and liberated countries as needs develop, and after 
clearance is obtained from the proper authorities and necessary 
arrangements worked out with other organizations. 

.AMERICAN ACTIVITIES - The Federation's principal field of activ¬ 
ity since its inception has been the disadvantaged areas of the 
Southern mountains. Work in this field is being continued and 
has been extended into the Missouri Ozarks, the Brazos Valley of 
Texas, and the Salt River Valley in Arizona. Service to less- 
favored children is conducted in cooperation with the rural pub¬ 
lic schools and local committees by a staff of 45 supervisors 
and workers, assisted by volunteers. 

MEMBERSHIP: There are no regular membership rules or regulations 
for individuals other than the contribution of volunteer effort 
or financial support. 

PUBLICATIONS: The Federation publishes a monthly Bulletin and 
occasional information leaflets. 















ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, INC 


A nonprofit membership corporation devoting its resources to 
American educational projects in economics. 

30 Rockefeller Plaza Telephone: Circle 7-6416 

New York, N. Y. 


Harold S. Sloan, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "By decree of its board of trustees, the Foundation has, 

since January 1, 1938, devoted its resources exclusively to the field 
of American economic education and research. Within this restricted 
area,- moreover, the Foundation acts only as a grant-making agency. 

It conducts no educational work on its own account, nor does it en¬ 
gage directly in research. Its activities consist in granting finan¬ 
cial aid for specific projects submitted and carried on by fully ac¬ 
credited educational institutions within the borders of the United 
States." (From the 1942 report of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) 

ORGANIZATIO N: The Foundation vas organized in August, 1934, as the 
Sloan Foundation, Inc. In 1936 ixs name was changed to its present 
title. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., made an original gift of 
securities valued at $500,000, and from time to time other gifts 
have been made as the activities of the Foundation have expanded. 

The total market value of the Foundation investments at December 31, 
1944, was $7,932,990.50. 

The certificate of incorporation imposes certain restrictions upon 
the activities of the Foundation. Operations are confined to those 
of a religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational na¬ 
ture, and no activities designed to influence legislation or of a 
propaganda nature are permitted. Within these limits, however, wide 
latitude is allowed. 

The Foundation’s grants-in-aid include one to New York University for 
the establishment of an Institute on Postwar Reconstruction, one to 
the University of Chicago for its Round-Table weekly broadcasts on 
national and world affairs (its listening audience numbers about ten 
million persons weekly), a grant to the Foreign Policy Association, 
to the University of Denver for a tax analysis, etc. 

"In no case does the Foundation assume responsibility for the adminis¬ 
tration of the projects which it sponsors, nor does it feel called 
upon either to affirm or to refute the ultimate pronouncements or 
findings of its donees. Its sole function is to encourage a more 
general and effective type of economic education, and to make pos¬ 
sible additional research which promises significant findings for 
widespread diffusion. 






ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, INC 


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"It is not expected that educational projects initiated by the 
Foundation will be supported in perpetuity. The Foundation's func¬ 
tion is to assume the risks of new enterprises which, because of 
their experimental character, would prove an unwarranted burden upon 
the regular administrative budgets of the sponsoring institutions. 
Hence, at the outset, initial expenses are absorbed and necessary 
equipment is furnished. It is expected, however, that successful 
projects vrill be expanded until their maximum usefulness is assured, 
and will be supported until they can be made self-sustaining, or else 
can be absorbed in the regular operating expenses of the institutions 
of -vdiich they are a part.” (From the 1942 report of the Alfred P. 
Sloan Foundation) 

The certificate of incorporation provides for members of the corpora¬ 
tion "who shall be interested in its objectives and purposes." These 
members elect the board of trustees, who manage the affairs of the 
corporation and elect their officers (who may or may not be members 
of the board). 

Officers include: president, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; vice-president 
and executive director, Harold S. Sloanj associate director, Arnold 
J. Zurcherj treasurer, James F. Kenney; secretary, Genevieve M. King. 

PUBLICATIONS : Among the publications sponsored by the Foundation are 
the pamphlets of the Public Affairs Committee, printed transcripts of 
the University of Chicago Round-Table broadcasts, books and textbooks 
from the University of Florida Curriculum Laboratory, the New York 
University film library catalogue, the addresses delivered at the 
first series of conferences of the New York University Institute on 
Postwar Reconstruction, and others. 




SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL. INC . 

A corporation composed of seven associations in the social science 
field. 

230 Park Avenue Telephone; Murray Hill 9-1623 

New York 17, N. Y. Cable Address: SOCSCIENCE 

Robert T. Crane, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "The Social Science Research Council exists for the one 
comprehensive purpose of advancing the study of man in his rela¬ 
tions to man." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION t The Council, organized in 1923, was formally incor¬ 
porated in 1924. It is composed of representatives chosen from 
the seven constituent societies of the Council, and also of repre¬ 
sentatives chosen from time to time from related disciplines such 
as law, geography, psychiatry, medicine, and others. The seven 
constituent organizations of the Council are: American Anthropo¬ 
logical Association, American Economic Association, American 
Historical Association, American Political Science Association, 
American Psychological Association, American Sociological Society, 
and American Statistical Association. The Council is supported 
by grants from foundations. 

The Social Science Research Council, the American Council of 
Learned Societies and the National Research Council delegate 
members of their executive staffs to meet periodically as a 
joint conference board. 

The primary function of the Council is the planning and promotion 
rather than the actual conduct of research, but through its vari¬ 
ous committees and special staffs it does perform some research, 
the results of which appear in published form. The Council is 
not engaged in research specifically focused on the postwar period, 
but some of its current work relates closely to the war and post¬ 
war problems. 

The committee on war studies was formed in 1943 to promote the 
collection and preservation of materials for studies of society 
in a period of warfare and for studies of the operations of 
government agencies. The committee was authorized to form with 
the Bureau of the Budget's committee on records of war administra¬ 
tion a joint advisory council on war history. 

The committee on world regions was also established in 1943 to 
scrutinize the implications for social science of the govern¬ 
ment's training programs for service in foreign regions. In 





SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL. INC. -2< 


June it issued a mimeographed report setting forth considera¬ 
tions affecting the development of work on world regions, 
which was circulated among government and university offi¬ 
cials. 

The Council’s Washington staff, headed by Paul Webbink, has 
been rendering informal service of an advisory and consulta¬ 
tive nature to a number of government agencies in connection 
with problems of personnel and research guidance. Although 
the primary contribution of the Washington staff has been 
related to the conduct of the war, some of its efforts are 
concerned with postwar problems. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Council conducts an extensive publishing 
program through its committees, members of the staff, and 
individuals. For example, in 1942-1943 the publications of 
the committee on social security included nine books, nine 
pamphlets, nine research outlines and bibliographies, and 
various other memoranda. Besides these, monographs and 
articles were published through other channels. Other 
publications of the Council’s committees for the same year 
included: 

A ,.?.Un for the. Collection and Preseryatipno£_ World 

War II Records — by Lester J. Cappon; New York; Social 
Science Research Council; 1942 ; 24 pp. (Prepared for the 
committee on control of social data) 

Work Relief Experience in the United States — by John 
Charnow; Pamphlet Series No. 8; Washington; committee on 
social security; 1943; 141 pp. 

Check List of Current Researches in Public Administra ¬ 

tion Reported to the Committee on Public Administration — 
January, 1943; 35 pp.; mimeographed. 

World Regions in the Social Sciences — by Earl J. 
Hamilton; 1943; 12 pp.; mimeographed. 

Handbook of Latin American Studies : 1941 (No. 7) — 
Cambridge; Harvard University Press; 1942; 649 pp. 

Research on the Social Effects of War as Reflected by 

Vital Phenomena — by Edward P. Hutchinson; 1942 ; 42 pp.; 

mimeographed. 

Survey o f Objective Studies of Psychoanalytic Concents — 
by Robert R. Sears; New York; SSRC Bulletin 51; 1943; 156 pp. 
(Frepared for the committee on social adjustment) 

War and Crime — by Thorsten Sellin; 1942; 24 pp.; 
mimeographed. 

The Effe ct of War on American Minorities — by Louis 
Wirth; 1943; 42 pp.; mimeographed. 

Earnings a nd Social Security in the United States — by 
W. S. Woytinsky; Washington; committee on social security; 
1943; 260 pp. 

















SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 


A non-profit organization of engineering instructors, engineering 
practitioners and other persons interested in engineering education. 

University of Pittsburgh Telephone: Mayflower 3500 

Pittsburgh 13, Pa. 


F. L. Bishop, Secretary 

PURPOSE : "The objects of this Society shall be the promotion of the 
highest ideals in the conduct of engineering education with respect to 
administration, curriculum, and teaching work, and the maintenance 
of a high professional standard among its members. The means to this 
end shall Include educational research, the holding of meetings for 
the reading and the discussion of professional papers, and the pub¬ 
lication of papers, discussions, and the communications as may seem 
expedient." (Statement in Constitution.) 

ORGANIZATION: The SPEE was organized in 1893, an outgrowth of a 
"World's Engineering Conference" at the Chicago World's Fair. Member¬ 
ship includes about 4000 individuals and several institutions; their 
dues support the Society. The officers are H. S. Rogers of the Poly¬ 
technic Institute of Brooklyn, N. Y., President; N. W. Dougherty of 
the University of Tennessee, First Vice-President; H. M. Crothers 
of South Dakota State College, Second Vice-President; F. L. Bishop 
of the University of Pittsburgh, Secretary; J. S. Thompson of McGraw- 
Hill Book Co., Treasurer; Nell McKenry, University of Pittsburgh, 
Assistant Secretary. 

The Society is governed by a council of 21 elected members and all 
past presidents ex-officio. It has the following divisions: Adminis¬ 
trative Officers of Engineering Colleges, Chemical Engineering, Civil 
Engineering, Cooperative Engineering Education, Educational Methods, 
Electrical Engineering, Engineering Drawing, English, Humanistic- 
Social Studies, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engin¬ 
eering, Mechanics, Mineral Technology, Physics, Technical Institutes. 
There are also numerous ad hoc committees. SPEE is divided into 
18 geographic sections, which hold meetings at frequent intervals. 

In 1932 the SPEE joined with several engineering societies in the 
specific fields to set up the Engineers' Council for Professional 
Development, which now acts as an Accrediting agency for engineering 
colleges and in other ways seeks to enhance the professional status 
of the engineer. 

A Committee on Aims and Scope of Engineering Curricula in 1940 made 
a study and report growing out of several years of prior discussion 
regarding the desirable length of engineering training. The report 
opposed the proposal for a uniform five-years curriculum, and favored 





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the retention of four years as standard, with extra graduate study 
for selected students. It advocated also the parallel development 
throughout all the undergraduate years of a humanistic-social along 
with a scientific-technological sequence of studies. 

In 1943 a Committee on Engineering Education After the War was ap¬ 
pointed to review this 1940 report in the light of forseeable future 
conditions, and to study the urgent and the longer-range problems 
of the future. This Committee, reporting in 1944, recommended that 
different engineering curricula be developed rapidly for three classes 
of students* those following the usual engineering program, those 
preparing for the operation and management of industry, and those fitted 
for unusual scientific and creative accomplishments. 

The Report, which appeared in the May 1944 issue of the Journal of 
Engineering Education and of which reprints are available, carried 
farther the idea of parallel technological and humanistic curricula, 
the latter to take about 20 percent of a student's time throughout 
the undergraduate years. It set forth an educational philosophy and 
stressed the cultivation of professional ideals. It recommended the in¬ 
tensive development of sub-professional technological training in peace¬ 
time, extending the war program and emulating developments in Great 
Britain and the Soviet Union in that field. (Normally the United States 
needs three to six times as many men for sub-professional Jobs as it does 
for professional engineering and management jobs; yet, recognition 
and credit are given only to the full professional training.) Finally, 
the Report deplored the inadequacy of most secondary school education 
in the United States as preparation for engineering colleges, and 
urged reform. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The SPEE has about 42 foreign members, 
mainly in Latin America. There has been considerable correspondence 
with persons in England, India, Australia and South American countries. 
Many Russians have been in contact with the Society when visiting 
the United States. 

Dean Steinberg of the University of Maryland presented a paper before 
the Division of Administrative Officers of Engineering Colleges in 
October 1944 on "International Relations Involving the Training of 
Students from Foreign Lands." This paper was the result of Dean 
Steinberg's contacts with a number of government agencies. He should 
be in a position to keep the engineering colleges informed about the 
opportunities America may have to educate engineers of other countries. 

Various engineering colleges which are members of the SPEE, such as 
the University of Pittsburgh, have worked out short courses to train 
students quickly for specific technical work; e. g., synthetic rubber 
production. The U. S. Office of Education's Engineering, Science, 






SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION -3- 

and Management War Training Program trained some 1,500,000 students, 
using the engineering colleges as training centers. Similar courses 
would be exceedingly valuable in the rehabilitation of many countries. 

MEMBERSHIP: Individual: $5 

Institutional: $15 

Journal of Enginee ring Education , monthly, 10 times 
a year from °eptember to June. Free to members, $3 to non-members. 

The February number each year is a Yearbook; the Proceedings of the 
Society are published in the Journal and the bound volume of the 
Journal is called the Proceedings for that year. 















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SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS 

A non-profit association of individuals and firms interested in the 
engineering problems of the motion picture industry. 

Hotel Pennsylvania Telephone; Pennsylvania 6-0620 

New York 1, N 0 I 0 

Harry Smith* Jr 0 * Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE; (l) Advancement of motion picture engineering and the allied 
arts and sciences; (2) the standardization of the mechanisms and 
practices employed in the motion picture industry; (3) the disseraina- 
tion of scientific knowledge by publication,, 

ORGANIZATION ; The Society of Motion Picture Engineers was organized 
in 1916 by a group of engineers under the leadership of C 0 Francis 
Jenkins* who became its first president. It is directed by Officers 
and a Board of Governors* and financed by the dues and sustaining 
fees of its membership. The engineering vice-president has charge 
of all engineering projects conducted by the operating committees,. 

The Society has two local sections* the Pacific Coast Section and 
the Atlantic Coast Section* incorporating the major concentration 
of the motion picture industry„ The sections have officers and com¬ 
mittees apart from the national body and conduct periodical meetings 
of their own„ 

OP PRAT IONS ; The work of the SMPE is carried out by approximately 
24 engineering and non-technical committees* composed of personnel 
from every branch of the industry. Committees on Cinematography* 

Color* Process Photography* Preservation of Film* Projection Prac- * 

tice* Screen Brightness* Studio Lighting* Television* Theatre De¬ 
sign* and Theatre Projection study various specific motion picture 
problems and publish reports in the Journal of the Society 0 Re¬ 
commendations for American Motion Picture Standards come from the 
Society 0 s Committee on Standards and are submitted to the American 
Standards Association through its Section Committee on Motion Pic¬ 
tures which is sponsored by the SMPE 0 The Committee on Laboratory 
Practice has prepared a comprehensive report on the design* con¬ 
struction and operation of a motion picture laboratory 0 The Pro¬ 
jection Practice Sub-committee has prepared films for testing the 
performance of motion picture projectors and sound systems—both 
16-mm,and 35-mm, — for sale to theatres* review rooms* laboratories* 
etc. 

In 1941* at the request of the Committee on Scientific Aids to 
Learning of the National Research Council* the Society published a 
report on recommended procedures and equipment specification for 
educational l6-mm 0 projection. The report is widely used as a 
reference by departments of visual education in schools and universi¬ 
ties, and because of the impetus l6-mm 0 equipment has received from 
its use as a training medium by the Armed Forces* this work will be 
valuable in the postwar period 0 






SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS -2- 


The Society presents a Progress Medal Award annually to an indi¬ 
vidual making a significant contribution to the development of 
motion picture technology and the Journal Award to the author or 
authors of the most outstanding paper originally published in the 
Journ&io 

Two technical conventions of three to five days duration are held 
annually* at which members and leaders in every branch of the 
industry exchange views and opinions on all phases of motion pic¬ 
ture engineeringo Technical papers are presented followed by dis¬ 
cussions , demonstration and exhibitions,. 

The Society issues The Journal , a monthly publication devoted to 
the technical and scientific aspects of motion picture production, 
distribution and exhibition; including papers presented at con¬ 
ventions , committee reports, and articles of current interest con¬ 
tributed by authorities in kindred industries 0 At the 51st con¬ 
vention of the Society, a symposium of papers, on various phases 
of motion picture production, appearing in separate issues of the 
Journal was presented,, Because of the wide interest in this material 
and many requests for reprints, it was published in book form, 

The Technique of Motion Picture Production ,, a textbook and reference 
for technicians, students, librarians, etc c 

WARTIME OPERATIONS s The SMPE has been working with the War Produc¬ 
tion Board and the American Standards Association War Committee on 
Photography and Cinematography to set American war standards and 
procurement specifications for equipment„ 

MEMBERSHIP : The membership of the Society is composed of over 
1800 technical experts in various research laboratories and other 
engineering branches of the industry, executives in the manufactur¬ 
ing, producing and exhibiting branches, studio and laboratory tech¬ 
nicians, cinematographers, projectionists, government officials, 
representatives of the Armed Forces, etc Q 

Membership is divided into 6 classes: Active - $15<>00 

Associate - $7 <>50 

Student = $3 <>00 

Fellow and Honorary memberships are elective and may be attained 
only by action of the Board of Governors 0 Sustaining members 
are individuals, corporations or organizations who contribute 
substantially to the financial support of the Society 0 All members 
receive the Journal „ 

PUBLICATIONSa Technique of Motion Picture Production a $3o50* 

Joug Bal_of, the Society of Motion Picture Engineers a 
monthly, $8 o 00, per year 0 












SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION 


International organization of librarians and information experts 
in specialized fields of business activity. 

31 East 10th Street Telephone: Gramercy 3-H^ 

New York 3, N. Y. 

Mrs. Kathleen B. Stebbins, Secretary and Advertising Manager 

PURPOSE: "To serve all who realize the ever-increasing importance 
of knowing what information is available and where to secure it 
quickly; to act as a clearing house of information.; to recommend 
trained experts to firms about to organize libraries and data 
collections; to keep libraries already organized in touch with the 
development of more efficient methods and with new materials. 11 
(Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Association* organized in 1909 and incorporated 
in l 92 fc, has more than 3&00 members (including individuals, special 
libraries and national libraries) in the United States, Canada, 
England, Palestine, India, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal, Argen¬ 
tina, Colombia, Venezuela, South Africa, Peru and Sweden. 

The officers of the Association include: President, Walter 
Hausdorfer, School of Business, Columbia University; First Vice 
President and President-Elect, Herman K. Henkle, Processing Depart¬ 
ment, Library of Congress; Treasurer, Maiy P. McLean, American 
Bankers Association. The administrative pattern includes an 
executive board, group and chapter liaison officers, an advisory 
council, 18 committees, 21 chapters, and 13 groups. 

"Special Libraries Association is an international organization of 
librarians aid. information experts who serve manufacturing con¬ 
cerns, banks, corporations, law firms, newspapers, advertising and 
insurance agencies, transportation companies, research organiza¬ 
tions, museums, baspitals, business branches and other departments 
of public and university libraries, government bureaus, associa¬ 
tions, and other organizations in the fields of business, medicine, 
the sciences, technology, social welfare, and the arts. 

"In contrast to public libraries the 'infoiroation centers' are 
built up arounl special subjects and serve a restricted clientele 
who use this material in conducting their business end in planning 
their policies." (Official statement) 

The Association's only direct affiliation is with the American 
Library Association, but it has joined with other professional 





SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION -2- 


organi ration* in movements to further their common purpose. Some 
examples are: representation on the foreign information com¬ 
mittee of the ALA, the Council of National Library Associations 
(joint committee for aid to devastated libraries), war activities 
committee of the TMCA (War Prisoners' Aid). It has contributed 
it8 services to the Office of Strategic Services, the Engineer 
Research Office of the War Department, the War Metallurgy Com¬ 
mittee, the Alien Property Custodian, and other federal agencies. 

The Association arranges exhibits for conferences of associations 
(such as the An eric an Bankers Association) aimed at showing the 
value of an organized collection of information. It also main¬ 
tains a national placement service and holds annual conferences 
and round tables. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Close contact is maintained with the 
sister organization in England, the Association of Special 
Libraries and Information Bureaux in Britain, also with libraries 
in the British Empire and in South America as well as through 
members and subscribers abroad. As part of an exchange agreement 
between the Association and the All Union Lenin Library in Moscow, 
one copy of each of the books printed is being saved and each 
issue of Special Libraries is being sent over. 

No stockpiling is being done beyond keeping back issues for sub¬ 
scribers with whom communication has been cut off. Through the 
American Library Association material has been sent to the 
Library of Congress to be distributed in devastated areas. 

MEMBERSHIP : Members are classed as (a) sustaining, $25 per year; 
(b) institutional, $ 15 ; (c) active, $5; (d) life, $100; (e) associ¬ 
ate, $2; (f) student, $2. 

FDBLICATIONS : 

Banking and Financial Subject Headings . 1940. $4. (Special 

price to S.L.A. members, $3.) 

Business and the Public Library . 1940. $2. 

Contributio ns Toward a Special Library Glossary . 1943 . 35 ^. 

Creation and Development of an Insurance Library . 194l. $1. 

Cumulated Index to SPECIAL LIBRARIES . Vol. 1-13, 1910-22. $1. 
Vo1 * 1^17* 1923-1926. 504 . Annual Indexes . Vol. IS, 1927, to 
date. 2y each. 


Ito gtorles for the Business Man . 1938. $1 


















SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION -3- 


Guides to Business Facts end Figures . 1937. $1.50. 

Handbook of Commercial. Financial and Information Services . 

19 ^. $ 3 . 

Index to American Petroleum Statistics . 1943. 50£. 

Manual for Cataloging Mans and Atlases . March, 19^5- 
Proceedings . Annual Convention. 19^0* $1; 1939. 75^ J 

1938. W- 

Social Welfare : A List of Subject Headings in Social Work 
and Public Welfare. 1937. $1. 

Source List of Selected Labor Statistics . 19^. $1.50. 

The Special Library in Business . 193&. 

Special Library Resources . Volume I. 19^1. $b. (Covering 

7t>5 libraries in the U.S. and Canada and what their resources 
are in detail). Volumes II, III and IV to be published in 

19 ^ 5 . 

Trade-nanes Index . 19^1 • $9. 

U.S. Government Periodic Publications — A Descriptive List. 

1942. $2. 

War Subject Headings for Information Files . Second Edition. 

1943. $2. 

SPECIAL LIBRARIES — official journal; published 10 times a year; 
subscription $5 annually ($ 5*50 foreign). 

TECHNICAL BOCK REVIEW INDEX — sponsored periodical; published 10 
times a year; subscription $7.50 annually ($8 foreign). 




















STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL UNION. INC . 

Institute of World Affairs 

An educational association conducting a summer Institute and year- 
round discussion groups in international affairs Q 

522 Fifth Avenue Telephones Vanderbilt 6°0223 

New York 18, N 0 Y„ 

Mrso Beatrice Stanoyevich, Secretary 

PURPOSE S To bring together youth of all countries in an atmosphere 
of cooperative work, study and recreation; to provide an opportunity 
for college students to learn from one another basic truths that cut 
across national boundaries, racial patterns and religious creeds. 

ORGANIZATION : The Union was founded in Geneva in 1924, through the 
initiative of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M 0 Hadden of New York 0 They 
had noticed that, while the League of Nations encouraged international 
thinking and organization in most fields, facilities for such action were 
lacking to students. Discussions were held, particularly with Professor 
Gilbert Murray of Oxford, and the Union International des Etudients 
was founded at 10 Rue St u Leger in Geneva, where there was a club house 
for meetings and social contacts. The principal activity of the Union 
was an annual seminar held each summer for eight weeks under the leader¬ 
ship of distinguished men in international thought: Senor Salvador de 
Madariago, Sir Norman Angell and others 0 

A New York office was established after the founding of the Geneva cen¬ 
ter, and funds were raised in the United States through this office 0 
In 1940 the activities in Geneva were transferred to New York. The 
Union is supported by annual subscriptions of sponsors who number four 
or five hundred. In addition, each student at the Institute contributes 
one fourth of his expenses 0 

OPERATIONS: The principal activity of the Union is its Institute of 
World Affairs, which is separately incorporated, conducted in Salis¬ 
bury, Connecticut, every summer from July 1 to September 1 0 Partici¬ 
pants at the Institute were originally selected in Europe from candidates 
recommended by the countries themselves. At the present time, while 
Canadian and Latin American students predominate in the foreign selec¬ 
tions, a number of other countries are always represented by outstanding 
refugee students attending colleges and universities in the Western 
hemisphere. Students are selected on the recommendation of approximate¬ 
ly 100 schools in the United States. Correspondence is begun by the 
Institute with fifty or sixty young people outstanding in fields allied 






STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL UNION. INC 


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to international relations - political science, economics, etc. - to 
give the Institute the best possible idea of the applicant’s character 
and qualificationso Finally thirty-five are chosen, in such a manner 
as to give approximately equal distribution to foreign students and 
Americans, and to both sexes 0 

The Institute’s speakers and round table leaders are prominent edu¬ 
cators and statesmen. The 1944- group included? Sir Norman Angell, Sen- 
hora Ignes d’Araujo, Wing Tsit Chan, William Y. Elliott, Carl J. Fried¬ 
rich, Maurice Hindus, Frieda Miller, Mabel Newcomer, Krishnalal Shridharani, 
George E. Sokolsky, Colston E 0 Warne and Ben D. Wood. Dr. Martin Klotsche 
was director. For the summer of 1945 Dr. Joseph C. Bailey will be di¬ 
rector o 

Students actively participate in planning the content and procedure of 
the Institute. Th^y preside over commissions to study special problems, 
learn each others languages, produce radio programs for broadcast in the 
United States and overseas, and, at the end of each summer, publish a 
booklet. World Union , which is sent to alumni and sponsors. 

The students share ideas not only in seminars and round tables, but in 
social and recreational activities which give them a greater apprecia¬ 
tion for the art, music, poetry and dances of all countries. 

Returning to their colleges and communities, students bring back what 
they have learned from their study and experiences at the Institute. 

They write for local and college papers, participate in public forums 
and lectures, radio discussions, student polls and inter-university 
conferences. The Institute has graduated approximately five hundred 
students who remain affiliated as alumni. Tineke van Walsem and Carl 
H. Voss who started as students of the seminars in Geneva are now acting 
as Directors of the Union. 

PUBLICATIONS ? World Union , containing seminar and commission reports 
and short contributions from the Institute speakers. 






TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND n INCo 


An endowed, non-profit* non-partisan organization for research and education 
on the economic problems of the American people,, 

330 West 42nd Street Telephones Bryant 9-8118 

New York 18* N„ I„ 


Evans Clark* Executive Director 

PURPOSE? "The chief object of the Fund is to help solve some of our most 
pressing economic problems by making scientific surveys of the actual 
facts underlying the problems and using these facts as a basis for sug¬ 
gested programs of action 0 Public education in disseminating the findings 
of its surveys and reports forms a large part of the Fund c s activities 

(Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Twentieth Century Fund was founded in 1919 by the late 
Edward A 0 Filene from whose gifts the Fund°s activities have since been sus¬ 
tained o During the first years of its existence the Fund acted solely as 
a disbursing agency* making annual grants to outside organ!zations 0 Dur¬ 
ing the fiscal year 1937-1938* the Trustees voted to cease making grants 
to outside agencies and to use the Fund's entire income thereafter in its 
own direct activities„ This action changed the Fund°s status from that of 
a foundation to that of an institute devoted to economic research and pub¬ 
lic education,, Since World War II began* an increasing proportion of the 
Fund's resources have been devoted to problems of post-war reconstruction. 

The Board of Trustees includes A 0 A 0 Berle* Jr„* Francis Biddle* Bruce 
Bliveno Percy S 0 Brown, Henry S 0 Dennison (Chairman of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee) * John Ho Fahey (President)* Oswald W 0 Knauth* Morris E 0 Leeds 
(Treasurer) * Robert S 0 Lynd* James G 0 McDonald* William I„ Myers* Charles 
P, Taft* Harrison Tweed, W D W 0 Waymaek 0 Evans Clark is the Ibcecutive 
Director of the Fund and J„ Frederic Dewhurst is the Economist 0 

OPERATIONS : Since 1938 the Fund's income has been used for its own program 
of factfinding and public education on such questions as housing* labor- 
management relations* taxation and the costs of distributing goods 0 The 
central core of Fund activities has been the conduct of surveys of basic 
economic problems* to bring out the essential facts* and through its in¬ 
dependent special committees to suggest policies by which th® problems 
can be met. For each major survey* a research staff assembles and appraises 
the facts which are then reviewed by an independent committee of citizens 
who serve voluntarily and represent divergent interests and points of view. 
Each special committee makes recommendations for a program of action in the 
public interesto 

The Fund publishes the combined research and committee findings in book form, 
giving them further dissemination through organizations* the press and radio, 
popular pamphlets* speeches and motion pictures,, Brief summaries based on 
findings of Fund surveys are often published by th© Public Affairs Com¬ 
mittee in its pop ular pamphlet series„ The Fund has published leaflets 
called Public Policy Bulletins „ designed for wide distribution by other or¬ 
ganizations and to individuals* giving some of the highspot findings of Fund 
surveys o The popular education program that grows out of the research 







surveys is carried on by the Education Department under Thomas R. Carskadon. 
Much of the promotional work is accomplished indirectly^ s, g., furnishing 
material for radio programs, for editors of various journals, newspapers, etc. 

The Twentieth Century Fund has produced two 16 mm. sound films for educa¬ 
tional purposes 0 "War Where You Live” 8 is a one-reel film about housing, nar¬ 
rated by Jay Allen, foreign correspondent 0 It shows war c s destruction of 
homes in Europe and points to America"s need for replacing substandard hous¬ 
ing. f Where Your Money Goes 58 tells the story of how goods are carried 
from producer to the ultimate consumer. In addition to utilizing films, 
the Fund uses radio to publicize its surveys „ The latest of four series 
of programs was produced in 1943 in collaboration with the Commission to 
Study the Organization of Peace, when the series "For This If® Fight" was 
presented under the auspices of NBC°s Inter“American University of the 
Air. Educational leaflets are published on the material of the radio pro- 
grams 


At present the Fund is concentrating on the 
probisms to be faced when the war is won and on the need for bringing the 
results of research to bear upon the public mind. It is sponsoring a 
series of books, prepared as personal reports on postwar questions, When 
the War Bids by Stuart Chase, noted writer on economic subjects. Thus 
far four of the Chase books have been publisheds The Ro&d We Are Travel- 

i-Mggt oX. 


Wfaerelg the Money Coming From?? Problems of Postwar Finance s and Democ¬ 
racy Und er J^regsurei, Special Interests vs the Public Welfare . Two more 
are in preparation^ one dealing with foreign trade and the other with win¬ 


ning the peace. 


A postwar problems manual, Wartime Facts and Postwar Problems is a discus¬ 
sion handbook to be used in guiding the activities of study groups, forums, 
and debating societies as well as the thinking of the individual. The manual 
shows the effects of the war on our economy and covers postwar problems in 
eleven principal fields^ e. g., international relations, industry and busi¬ 
ness, transportation, finance, public works and urban redevelopment, etc. 

Last year the Fund issued a directory of organizations working in the 
field of postwar problems, Po stwar Planning in the United States. It con¬ 
tains information about 200 national public and private agencies in the 
United States, their names, form of organization, postwar planning activi¬ 
ties, piblications, and personnel. 

Upon the original invitation of the Fund 3 s Executive Director an informal 
group of staff officers of some of the leading organizations producing or 
distributing educational materials on postwar problems have been meeting 
once a month since January 1943 to exchange information. This developed 
into the Postwar Information Exchange which now includes representatives 
from seventy-four governmental and private agencies. 

In progress for publication in 1945“46 are surveys of America °s needs and 











TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND. INC, 


resources international cartels and domestic monopoly, the economic rela- 
tions of the United States with other countries and & symposium of econo¬ 
mists on postwar financial policies, 


INTERNATIONAL AC T I VITIES ^ The Fund works mainly in the domestic field but 
exchanges materials regularly with PIP (Political and Economic Planning) 
in Great Britain 0 Its affiliation with the Postwar Information Exchange 
represents an interest in international as well as domestic problems, In 
1943s the Fund published Postwar Plans of the United Nations by Lewis L 0 
Lorwin, a factual and objective survey of proposals and programs for post¬ 
war reconstruction within the various United Nations 0 As mentioned above, 
the Fund publishes a directory of agencies in the field of postwar planning 
which includes descriptions of the activities of organizations interested 
in sending personnel abroad, 

PUBLICATIONS g The Fund is Its own publisher. These activities are carried 
on by the Publishing Division under Elizabeth Mann, Some major recent 
publications ares 


American Housings Problems and Prospects - $3<>00 


Bargaining Works - $4o00 


Postw^P.lannin g^in the Un it estates? An Organization Directory ° $1,00 


Postwar Plans of the United Nations ° $2,50 


Industry and the. Public Interest ° $2,00 


Problems? A 


50 £ 


A series of six reports to the Fund by Stuart Chase, 
four of which have been completed. The titles are mentioned above,, $1,00 
each or $5,00 for the series. 


Popular educational materials include pamphlets available at ten cents each 
as published by the Public Affairs Committee, Inc,? Public Poli cy Bulletins 
available at two cents each from the Fund; a Twentieth Century Pamphlet 
Build ing America 0 s Houses , at five cents; Pergonal Grqwth^Lgaf;etg, published 
in cooperation with the National Education Association at one cent each, and 
press reprints of committee recommendations. 































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UNITED CHIN A RELIEF. INC. 


The official member-agency of the National War Fund through which 
American relief funds and services are channeled to China. 

1790 Broadway Circle 5-4100 

New York 19, N. Y. 

B. A. Garside, Vice-President and Secretary 

PURPOSE: «1) To orovide funds for relief and rehabilitation in 
China. 

2) To reassure the Chinese neoole of the interest and 
friendship of the people of America. 

3) To acquaint the American people with the nature and 
significance of what is happening in China. 

4) To unify the American fund-raising efforts on behalf 
of China." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION: In 1940 a group of the largest and most active agencies 
performing social and relief services in China beean to hold meetings 
designed to explore the possibilities of joint action in the field of 
fund-raising. These agencies were: American Bureau for Medical Aid 
to China, American Committee for Chinese War Orphans, American 
Friends Service Committee, Associated Boards for Christian Colleges 
in China, China Aid Council, China Emergency Relief Committee, Church 
Committee for China Relief, Indusco, Inc. On February 7, 1941, a 
charter as a membership corporation was granted United China Relief 
from the State of New York. From its inception UCR has devoted its 
energies to educational as well as fund-raising activities. The 
participating agencies pooled their interest in China and built up the 
Committee Services Division of UCR, a network of local committees that 
promote Chinese-American relations at the grassroots level. 

UCR is registered with the President's *5ar Relief Con+rol Board and 
the American Council of Voluntary agencies for Foreign Service and is 
a member of the National War Fund. Paul G. Hoffman is Honorary Chair¬ 
man and Charles Edison is Chairman of the Board of Directors which 
numbers among its members James G. Blaine, Edward C. Carter, Eric A, 
Johnston, Henry R. Luce, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, David 0. Selznick, 
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., etc. The paid officers and staff include James 

L. McConaughy, President; Dwight W. Edwards, Vice-President and Field 
Director in China; B. A. Garside, Vice-President and Secretary; Bayard 

M. Hedrick, Director of Committee Services; Frank T. Johnson, Publicity 
Director; Lennig Sweet, Program Director; Mary E. Ferguson, Associate 
Program Director. 

OPERATIONS : Overseas activities of UCR are handled by the Program 
Division. At present the participating and affiliated agencies are: 






UNITED CHINA RELIEF. INC. -2 


1) The American Bureau for Medical Aid to China-Gives financial 
and technical help to the National Health Administration, the Emergen¬ 
cy Medical Service Training Schools, the c hinese Red Cross and the 
National Medical Colleges through the Commission on Medical Education 
of the Ministry of Education. 

2 ) American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives 
(Indusco) - Works in China for industrial reconstruction and refugee 
rehabilitation. 

3) American Friends Service Committee - Is actively enpaped in 
the operation of mobile hospital units and of fleets of trucks for 
the transportation of medical supplies. 

4) Associated Boards for Christian Colleges in China - assists 
in meeting the wartime emergency needs of China's 13 Christian 
colleges. 

5) China Aid Council (including China Child Welfare) - Interested 
in various aspects of child care, makes grants to orphanages, special 
schools, child care centers, and nutrition centers. Also makes grants 
to orphanages and for medical work in the guerilla areas. 

6 ) Church Committee for China Relief - Official agency of the 
Churches of the United States for the aid of refugees and sufferers 
from war and natural disasters. 

7) Institution for the Chinese Blind - Aids in the support of 
45 schools and clinics for the blind, deaf, and mute in China; trains 
workers in America and China. Aids in rehabilitating blinded soldiers. 

"The participating agencies, while incorporated bodies in their own 
right and with a large measure of autonomy, are in actual practice the 
liaison agencies through which United China Relief funds are spent in 
China. With the exception of the Church Committee, and in some measure 
the Associated Boards, none of them raise funds. United China Relief 
after careful study, underwrites the groups in China which the partici¬ 
pating agencies are helping. In addition United China Relief sent dur¬ 
ing 1943 over one million dollars to China direct where it was dis¬ 
tributed under the supervision of United China Relief's field director 
in Chungking." (Official statement.) Like all members of the National 
War Fund representing a national unit, UCR is responsible for all that 
the War Fund allocates to China. 

Most of the participating apencies of UCR have their own field repre¬ 
sentatives in China who are in touch with Chinese groups with which 
suggestions f or American projects originate. Such relationships are 



UNITED CHINA RELIEF. INC. -3- 

nro 1 v, eStabliShed after a lon S history of American relief to China. 

UCR has come into the picture more recently as a coordinating 
agency among these smaller groups. When a project comes to the 
attention of a field representative in China, it is submitted to a 
double examination: l) As the field representative is technically 
not with UCR but with one of the constituent agencies, the project is 
sent to his home office so that its place in the agency's program may 
be determined; 2) Si nce funds come from UCR and the project must 
fit into the over-all Chinese program, the project goes before the 
cooperating agency of UCR in China, the Coordinating Committee in 
Chungking. This is a large group composed of Chinese leaders in medi¬ 
cine, engineering, child welfare and other fields, and a few prominent. 
Americans. The Coordinating Committee functions through four techni¬ 
cal committees in the fields of medicine and health, child welfare, 
education, and relief and rehabilitation. If approved in Chungking 
the project is sent to UCR headquarters in the United States for fur¬ 
ther screening with a view to allocating funds from the National War 
Fund. 

The procedure for approval tends to exclude small or temporary projects 
and to emphasize the durability already found in the established work 
of the constituent agencies. Final approval by UCR and the participat¬ 
ing agency results mainly in the allocation of funds, the shipment of 
materials being restricted by the limited transportation yet available. 
When the money is finally exchanged into Chinese currency, the work 
is carried on by the competent authorities in the field, Chinese, American 
or Chinese-American. In 1944 w in spite of a number of difficult obstac¬ 
les, including Chinese inflation, transportation difficulties and 
military reverses in some sectors, more than $10,000,000 was applied 
to the manifold activities of United China Relief and iis agencies in 
China." (From News of China , January 1945) UCR is also a member of 
the recently formed China Relief Agencies Clearing Committee in Chung¬ 
king, composed of representatives of American, British, Can?-dian and 
other relief agencies active in China. 

In the United States UCR operates through nearly 3500 local committees. 
Stemming from the Division of Committee Services in National Headquar¬ 
ters, this organization is composed of state chairmen whose service 
extends down through regional and local chairmen. The committees coope¬ 
rate in promoting understanding of China and its people and in stimu¬ 
lating support of the annual appeals of the National War Fund. Their 
activities include education through libraries, schools and clubs; 
meetings to foster interest in China; radio programs; showing of UCR 
motion pictures; preparation of exhibits of Chinese art, books and other 
material, I'he national staff assists and advises the committees, sup¬ 
plying speakers, literature, pictures, educational material and films. 




UNITED CHINA RELIEF. INC. -4« 


•leadnuarters also makes direct contact with community educational 
agencies both in the United States and such countries as Canada, 

Mexico, etc. 

UCR has turned out four films, which have been widely circulated. 

"here is China" was shown by the OWI from September 15, 1944 to January, 
1, 1945 19,000 times to audiences estimated at 3,600,000. The pub¬ 
licity department is interested in the use and development of sound- 
slide films and exhibit materials of film strips. The UCR publicity 
department does most of the publicity for the constituent agencies as 
well as for UCR proper. 

One section of UCR is in charge of the distribution of educational 
material, especially to American schools. It plays an imoortant. part 
in building up information on China and furthering the study of Chinese 
history, customs and civilization. A large part of the material put 
out is assembled from other sources. In connection with the program 
for making America conscious of China, a "Committee on American Activi¬ 
ties" is being formed to develop the UCR cultural program. 

Long-range plans assign the educational program of UCR a dominant role 
in the United States after the war. The actual welfare work will be 
carried on by the constituent agencies and their Chinese counterparts, 
and will continue to be paramount in China. 

PUBLICATIONS : The only regular oublication is News of China , a monthly 
sent out to about 36,000 people. The other material is distributed 
according to program; one major booklet a year; one special bulletin 
a year on children; several pamphlets for the fund-raising activities 
of the National War Fund; and others on miscellaneous topics. 





UNITED JEWISH APPEAL 

For Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine 

An emergency organisation acting as a combined fund-raising office 
for three constituent agencies. 

342 Madison Avenue Telephone: Vanderbilt 6-2080 

New York 17, N. Y. 

Meyer Steinglass, Publicity Director 

ORGANIZATION: United Jewish Appeal was organized eight months 
before the outbreak of World War II as the unified fund-raising 
channel for three constituent agencies, the Joint Distribution 
Committee, United Palestine Appeal, and National Refugee Service, 
and has served in that capacity for the last five years. With 
the outbreak of the war came the threat of total liquidation of 
the Jews in Europe, which placed upon the UJA agencies unprece¬ 
dented responsibilities for immediate and large-scale rescue 
action. 

Through the combined rescue operations of the three agencies of 
the United Jewish Appeal, many hundreds of thousands have been 
saved from annihilation and many thousands of others have been 
provided with the opportunity to rebuild their lives in new 
homes in Palestine, the United States and in other lands. 

"The Joint Distribution Committee enlarged its program of as¬ 
sistance in Allied and neutral countries. Although cut off 
from direct aid by the barrier of war, Jews in Nazi-occupied 
lands continued to receive a measure of emergency relief through 
a plan evolved by the JDC prior to the disruption of normal com¬ 
munications whereby responsible leaders of welfare agencies bor¬ 
rowed money and commodities from local sources for repayment 
after the war. Through this arrangement, help is being provided 
for Jews in Poland, France, Shanghai and Italy. 

"With the coming of war, the Jewish community in Palestine was 
confronted with new problems which required added support from 
the United Palestine Appeal. The Jewish homeland's economy had 
to be placed on a total war footing, its able-bodied young men 
young women had to be mobilized for the British Army and its 
agricultural and industrial facilities had to be geared to maxi¬ 
mum production to aid the United Nations in the strategic Middle 
Eastern theatre of war. At the same time, the program of develop¬ 
ment and upbuilding had to be advanced to make possible the con¬ 
tinued immigration and settlement of homeless Jews from war- 
ravaged Europe. 




UNITED JEWISH APPEAL -2 


"Largely due to the efforts of the National Refugee Service as 
liaison between official Washington and communities from coast 
to coast on refugee matters, the 210,000 Jewish newcomers in 
the United States were enabled to share loyally in the war ef¬ 
fort. While continuing to c&rry on its relief, employment and 
other traditional services, this agency is now also active in 
such national problems as facilitating naturalization and 
clearing away obstacles to the hiring of refugees for war pro¬ 
duction, At the same time, it has started work on major post¬ 
war tasks such as those that will be involved in the reunion of 
refugees scattered over the earth." (From Five Years of the 
United. Jew is h .Appeal) 

In 1944 the United Jewish Appeal set as its quota the raising 
of a fund of $32,000,000. During its existence, its nation¬ 
wide campaign has received support from some 4,500 Jewish com¬ 
munities embracing every element in the Jewish population in 
the United States. UJA is registered with the President’s War 
Relief Control Board. 

Officers of UJA include as national chairment Rabbi James G. 
Heller, national chairman of the United Palestine Appeal; 
William Rosenwald, past president and now honorary president 
of the National Refugee Service; and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, fund¬ 
raising chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. 

PUBLICATIONS : UJA's publications are entirely promotional for 
its fund-raising campaigns. The UJA Campaigner is issued to 
contributors from two to four times a year. 







UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION ORGANIZATION (UNIO) 


A clearing-house for information about the United Nations. 

610 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Circle 5-8060 

New York 20, N. Y. Cable Address: ALLINFORM 

2841 McGill Terrace, N. 77. 

Washington 8, D. C. 


Arthur Sweetser, Permanent Chairman 
W. Bryant Mumford, Secretary-General 

PURPOSE: The United Nations Information Organization exists: 

»»(l) To provide a forun for discussion and coordination of 
information activities of the United Nations. 

"(2) To provide information, and facilities for distribution 
of information, through the press, radio, films, exhibitions and 
other media, on the United Nations, their common aims, interests 
and joint activities; the peoples of the United Nations, showing 
their fundamental unity and interdependence, their comparative 
activities and backgrounds, etc.” 

ORGANIZATION: The first full-time agency to operate under the 
name of the" United Nations, it was formed in November, 1942, as 
an outgrowth of the Inter-Allied Information Committee, which 
was itself formed in September, 1940. 


The Organization maintains an information office in New York, 
with a smaller office in Washington. It cooperates with a 
parallel United Nations Information Organization, in London, 
at 38 Russell Square, W. C. 1. 

Membership in the Organization is open to all United Nations 
and to certain associated authorities. Representatives of 19 
nations and of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation 
Administration are at present on the controlling board. Cer¬ 
tain of its members are selected to act as chairmen of com¬ 
mittees which advise on the various operations carried on by 
the office, giving a maximum opportunity for each of the 
United Nations to participate in policy guidance. 

Every effort also is made to choose the staff of the office 
from among representatives of different United Nations. Dr. W. 
Bryant Mumford (Great Britain) is secretary-general, Robert 






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Valeur (France), associate secretary-general, George Janecek (Czecho¬ 
slovakia), deputy secretary-general, and James Orrick (United States), 
deputy secretary-general in charge of the Washington office. 

OPERATIONS: The informational activities of UNIO are carried on through 
seven committees: press, films, broadcasting, educational and docu¬ 
mentary, -women's advisory, post-war studies and exhibitions. 

The office conducts an extensive publications program, sponsors and par¬ 
ticipates in radio broadcasts, and maintains a specialized library and 
reference division. The library provides information on all questions 
concerning the United Nations, their present activities and postwar aims, 
and, also, on problems connected -with the occupied countries. 

UNIO -works in constant collaboration -with various national informational 
services of the United Nations, including all branches of the United 
States Office of War Information. It also acts, under arrangements 
mutually agreed upon, as a spokesman for certain other United Nations 
agencies, such as UNRRA and the United Nations Interim Commission on 
Food and Agriculture. 

MEMBERSHIP : Indicated under ORGANIZATION , above. The membership, spe¬ 
cifically, makes UNIO an agency of the governments of Australia, Bel¬ 
gium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Greece, 

India, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, The Philip¬ 
pines, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia, the Danish Legation, and 
the government of the United States of America. 

PUBLICATIONS : The UNIO publications program includes a variety of 
press services, informational pamphlets on United Nations activities 
and on conditions in the occupied countries, documentary and bib¬ 
liographical compilations on postwar planning, a bi-monthly United 
Nations Review , -which has special supplements analyzing the war and 
peace aims, as enunciated by Allied leaders; and a catalog of United 
Nations films available for showing. The press services are free 
(except for photographs), and the pamphlets and other material are 
sold at cost prices. 









UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION 


A smaU group of educators voluntarily associated as a research body 
to study problems of international educational reconstruction. 

2 West 45th Street Telephone: Vanderbilt 6-1948 

New York 19, N. Y. 

Dr. Reinhold Schairer, Research Director 

PURPOSE : To develop concrete plans and actions leading toward the 
reestablishment and extension of highly efficient and truly demo¬ 
cratic educational systems, based on equality, justice and friend¬ 
ly cooperation among the freedom-loving nations of the world. As 
the Axis powers have done everything possible to weaken, enslave 
and destroy education in the invaded countries, our common task 
is to reconstruct and reestablish democratic education with greatest 
possible speed. After victory, democratic educational systems will 
be needed as the basis for and the condition of every other form of 
reconstruction in the social, economic and political field, (Ampli¬ 
fied paraphrase of statement of aims issued by the Institute on 
Educational Reconstruction April 8, 1943) 

ORGANIZATION : Since 1935 London University's School of Education 
has initiated research in the field of educational reconstruction. 
Contacts with many educators throughout Europe were established. 

The first British Committee on Educational Reconstruction was formed 
in Ehgland in 1939, and in 1940 this group invited American friends 
to join them in taking active steps leading toward postwar educa¬ 
tional reconstruction. At the Institute for Advanced Study, in 
Princeton, New Jersey, the United States Committee on Educational 
Reconstruction was formed in 1940. As London University had done 
before, New York University in 1941 took an equal share of respon¬ 
sibility in the newly-organized committee. 

Its present officers are: chairman, E. George Payne, dean of the 
School of Education, New York University; vice-chairmen, Harry 
Woodburn Chase, chancellor of New York University, and Robert 
Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California; secretary, 
Spencer Miller, Jr., of the Workers Education Bureau of America; 
research director, Dr. Reinhold Schairer, visiting professor of 
education, New York University; executive committee: Stephen Dug¬ 
gan, director of the Institute of International Education; Willard 
E. Givens, executive secretary of the National Education Associa¬ 
tion; E. C. Lindeman, professor of the New York School of Social 
Work; Alonzo F. Myers, chairman of the Department of Higher Edu¬ 
cation, School of Education, New York University; George Stoddard, 
commissioner of education of the State of New York; George Zook, 
president of the American Council on Education; and S. L. Hamil¬ 
ton, of New York University. 





UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION -2 


The Committee, in practice, functions largely as an agency which 
plans and directs the policies for various subsidiary committees 
and affiliated organizations: 

I. Subcommittees and subsidiaries 

a. Research groups 

1. Commission on the Establishment of an International 
Education Office — Alonzo F. Myers, New York Uni¬ 
versity, chairman 

2. Commission on International Exchanges and Scholar¬ 
ships and International Rehabilitation Scholarship 
Plan (subsection of the Commission) — both under the 
chairmanship of Stephen Duggan, Institute of Interna¬ 
tional Education, 2 West 45th Street, New York 

3. Commission on Problems of Women in the Postwar World 

4. Commission on Activities and Projects Across 
Frontiers — E. George Payne, New York University, 
chairman 

5. Institute on the Re-education of Axis Countries — 
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, former minister to Den¬ 
mark, chairman. (This institute, with members from 
10 nations, meets every second week and publishes 
regular reports.) 

b. Action group 

1. World Education Service Council, 2 West 45th Street, 
New York 

II. Affiliated organizations (working independently) 

a. Women's Council for Postwar Europe, Inc. — Miss Marie 
Ginsberg, 366 Madison Avenue, New York, chairman 

b. Student Committee for Workshops in International Educa¬ 
tion — Mrs. E. Reich, 2 West 45th Street, New York 
(World Education Service Council), chairman 

c. Midwest Committee on Educational Postwar Reconstruction 
of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 



WAR RELIEF SERVICES - NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE 


A special arm of the National Catholic Welfare Conference rendering 
relief and morale services to war-stricken people in 36 countries 
throughout the world. 

350 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Wisconsin 7-8585 

New York 1, N. Y. 

Right Reverend Monsignor Patrick A. O'Boyle, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : To render relief and morale services to war-stricken popu¬ 
lations, regardless of nationality, color or creed. 

ORGANIZATION : This organization operates as an official agency of 
the administrative board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference 
(NCWC) and as a participating service of the National War Fund. 

Basic to the War Relief Services program are the purposes of the 
organization, described in its articles of incorporation as "unify- 
ing, coordinating and organizing the Catholic people of the United 
States in works of education, social welfare, immigrant aid and 
other activities.” 

Original sponsor for War Relief Services (WRS) was not the Confer¬ 
ence but the Bishops 1 War Emergency and Relief Committee, which was 
set up in 1939. After doing a great deal in the line of interna¬ 
tional and national war emergency relief and morale work, the com¬ 
mittee set up WRS in June, 1943, to carry on this work under its 
own board of trustees. War Relief Services is separately incor¬ 
porated and is therefore quite independent of the other branches 
or departments of the NOWC. 

War Relief Services, as an organization, is headed by a board of 
trustees, identical with the administrative board of the NCWC, 
and a governing committee, both of which are made up of Catholic 
Hierarchy; an advisory committee composed of prominent Catholic 
laymen and laywomen; and an executive staff headed by Monsignor 
0*Boyle. Its office staff numbers 45, the field staff 27. The 
organization uses approximately 16,000 volunteer workers, both lay 
and men and women in religious orders. 

War Relief Services works through the Catholic Committee for 
Refugees in administering relief to war refugees in the United 
States. For them, it provides immigration and employment 
service medical and dental care, also material relief. 





WAR RELIEF SERVICES - NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE 


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INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS ; The international relationships of War 
Relief Services, working as it does in constant liaison with af¬ 
filiated groups in 36 countries, are necessarily complex. This 
agency is certified to work in these countries by the President’s 
War Relief Control Board. As a voluntary agency, it is inde¬ 
pendent of government control. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS ; In brief, WRS provides such varied kinds of 
assistance as: aid for evacuated children and refugees, nursing 
service, supplementary relief, medical care and clothing, dis¬ 
pensaries, infirmaries, hospitals, sanitoriums and rest centers, 
and welfare centers in refugee camps and for the use of the 
military, plans for educational, recreational and occupational 
programs and necessary materials for such programs, clubs for 
merchant seamen, and expert social workers for UNRRA (on a loan 
basis) for relief work in the Balkans. 

The organization supplies many of these services on a tremendous 
scale. For example, in Switzerland, where WRS works through the 
Swiss Catholic Mission, the latter takes care of thousands of 
refugees from virtually all European countries. For the war- 
stricken civilian populations of Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, 
in a recent church collection through 32 archdioceses and 
dioceses in the United States, in a period of three weeks, more 
than five million pounds of clothing were collected. 

As further indications of the scope of this organization's 
activity: In China, WRS, operating through the Chinese Catholic 
Medical Service, assists in the maintenance of hundreds of in¬ 
firmaries and dispensaries in addition to numerous hospitals, 
all of which offer medical attention to civilians and to 
wounded Chinese military. 

Also, WRS operates 22 Catholic Maritime Clubs in the United 
States, Halifax, Curacao, England and Scotland, and plans are 
under way to open additional clubs in other foreign ports 
where the need for this service is apparent. 

War Relief Services operates a world-wide program of services 
to prisoners of war. Hundreds of thousands of recreational, 
educational, occupational and religious supplies are provided 
prisoners of war of all nationalities. 





WORLD ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP THROUGH THE CHURCHES 

American Council 

Voluntary organization for cooperative activity among churches work¬ 
ing toward the achievement of international peace. 

70 Fifth Avenue Telephone: Algonquin 4-2720 

New York 11, N. I. 

Henry A. Atkinson, General Secretary 

PURPOSE: "The purpose of this Alliance shall be the promotion of 
international friendship and peace, the avoidance of war, and the 
mobilization into a conscious force for international good will of 
all men and women who share in the great hope of a world in which 
war will have been abolished, whatever may be their religious 
faiths, political affiliations or diversified views as to instru¬ 
ments or forms for the attainment of the universal brotherhood of 
peace." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The World Alliance was created by the Church Peace 
Union in 1914 to give a more democratic expression to its prin¬ 
ciples. The Alliance, with headquarters as above, is the Ameri¬ 
can Council of the World Alliance for International Friendship 
through the Churches, which before the war included 34 national 
councils in Europe, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, with 
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The American Council of the 
Alliance is a membership organization and derives some of its 
financial support from membership fees but in practice is an 
operating arm of the Church Peace Union. 

The task of the American Council of the World Alliance is primarily 
to influence public opinion through the churches and other reli¬ 
gious organizations. Its activities include: (l) cooperation with 
local, state and religious groups in strengthening the peace 
programs of the churches; (2) promotion of the study of world order 
through committees in the local churches; (3) publication of a 
monthly News Letter , as well as pamphlets and study packets for 
the use of religious groups and individuals; (4) counsel with 
church workers on special problems of peace education through an 
information service^ (5) organization of conferences and institutes 
for ministers and church workers, for seminary and college students, 
on peace aims and world order; (6) arrangement of interchange of 
ministers between the United States and European countries; (7) 
joint action with other councils of the World Alliance and coopera¬ 
tion with other international religious agencies to promote inter¬ 
national goodwill and to coordinate efforts for peace; (8) promo- 






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tion of interreligious conferences on religious objectives for world 
order as exemplified by the Pattern for Peace signed by leaders 
of the three great faiths; (9) establishment of a local unit to 
coordinate all postwar study efforts in such communities. 

Officers of the American Council of the Alliance include: president, 
Right Reverend G. Ashton Oldham, D. D., Episcopal Bishop of the 
Diocese of Albany; treasurer, Dr. Edgar J. Fisher, assistant 
director of the Institute of International Education; general 
secretary, Henry A. Atkinson. The vice-presidents represent the 
interfaith basis of the Alliance; they are Rabbi Philips Bern¬ 
stein, Bishop James C. Baker of the Methodist Church, and Most 
Reverend Francis J. Haas of the Catholic Church. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The central headquarters of the Alli¬ 
ance remain, theoretically, at least, in Geneva, where a skeleton 
staff is still maintained. A member of the American delegation 
to the International Council of the Alliance left some time ago 
for Geneva to survey conditions in the European countries which 
formerly had councils affiliated with the Alliance. During the 
active days of the World Alliance, funds from the Church Peace 
Union endowment were allocated to the international office in 
Geneva, which in turn re-allocated the funds to various member 
councils, each of which had also its own supplementary methods 
of financing. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership, which is open to all, includes a sub¬ 
scription to the monthly News Letter and use of the information 
service and entitles the members to receive other literature 
issued by the World Alliance. 

Member of World Alliance: $1 a year. 

Cooperating associate: $2 a year. 

Contributing associate: $5 a year. 

Supporting associate: $10 or more. 

PUBLICATIONS : The following are representative publications of 
the American Council of the Yiorld Alliance: 

World Alliance News Letter — 10 issues a year; included 
in membership (payable annually) of $1 member; $2 cooperating 
associate; $5 contributing associate; quantity rates for groups, 

50£ a year for five or more subscriptions; single copy, 5£. 

Worship Services for Peace and Brotherhood — a copy. 

The Study of Peace Aims in the Local Church — 

Fagley; one copy, 3tf; 12 copies, 30£. 











WORLD ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP THROUGH THE CHURCHES -3- 


PUBLICATIONS (continued): 

The American Churches and World Order — revised edition; is¬ 
sued jointly with the Council for Social Action; includes Nos. 3 
and 14a; one packet, 35£. 

Religious Literature for Chaplains and Service Ken — revised 
check list; free to chaplains. 

Half of Humanity : Far Eastern Peoples and Problems, by M. Searle 
Eates; one copy, 10^; 12 copies, $1. 

Crossroads of Conflict : European Peoples and Problems, by Carl 
J. Hambro; one copy, 10£; 12 copies, $1. 

Anti-Semitism. Inc . — reprint from September, 1943, News Letter : 
one copy, l£; 100 copies, $1. 

Pattern for Peace (Catholic, Jewish and Protestant Declaration 
on World Peace) — one copy, l£; 100 copies, |1. 

World Alliance (American Council) Principles. Program. Proce ¬ 
dure and Privileges of Membership -- leaflet; free. 












































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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES 

(American Committee) 


An ecumenical movement of Christian churches 0 

297 Fourth Ave* Telephones Gramercy 5-3475 

New York 10, N. Y 0 

Henry Smith Leiper, Executive Secretary 

PURPOSE ; «l) To enable the churches to function as one Christian body 
throughout the world 0 

2) To facilitate common action by the churches„ 

3) To promote cooperation in study 0 

4) To promote the growth of ecumenical consciousness in the 
members of all churches 0 

5) To carry on the work of two former world movements 0 

6) To establish relations with denominational federations of 
worldwide scope and other ecumenical movements 0 

7) To call world conferences on specific subjects*" 

ORGANIZATION : The World Council of Churches, which is now in the process 
of formation, already consists of 88 churches in 29 countrieso It is an 
outgrowth of the ecumenical conference in 1937 on "Life and Work" in 
Oxford and on "Faith and Order" in Edinburgh and the 1938 Provisional 
Conference at Utrecht 0 The World Council will discharge its functions 
through an Assembly which will be the principal authority and which will 
meet every five years, and through appointed commissions, established 
under the authority of the Assembly 0 

The present Provisional Committee is headed by: the Archbishop of Canter¬ 
bury, chairman! Marc Boegner (France), Archbishop S* Germanos (Ehgland)* 

John R 0 Mott (U„ S*), vice-chairmen; W c A 0 Visser 5 t Hooft (Switzerland), 
general secretary; Henry Smith Leiper (U„ S 0 ) secretary for America; 

Adolph Keller (Switzerland) consultant* Douglas Horton is the chairman 
of the American Committee 0 

Until the formative period of the World Council ends in the holding of the 
first World Assembly the matter of financial support is left to the volun¬ 
tary action of the constituent churches in each country* 

There are branch offices of the World Council in Sweden (Ecumenica Institute, 
Sigtuna), Great Britain (21 Bloomsbury Street, London, W,C£l) 9 Switzerland 
(41 Avenue de Champel, Geneva), and Canada (3 Willocks Street, Toronto 5)» 

The World Council will offer counsel and provide opportunity of united 
action in matters of common interests; it may take action on behalf of con¬ 
stituent churches in such matters as one or more of them may commit to it; 
it will have authority to call regional and world conferences on specific 
subjects as occasion may require* However, the Council will not have the 
power to legislate for the churches* 





WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES -2« 


The Council'8 present activities includes chaplainoy service to the Frisoners 
of War in conjunction with the Y„ M. C 0 A„'s War Prisoner's Aid; distribu¬ 
tion of Bibles and other Christian literature in cooperation with the American 
Bible Society; coordination of church aid for refugees; reconstruction and 
inter-church aid, with headquarters in Geneva and a representative staff 
contributed by the member churches functioning with national committees in 
the devastated lands 0 

MEMBERSHIP: Churches which express agreement with the basis upon which the 
Council is founded are eligible for membership 0 The Friends of the World 
Council of Churches, Inc 0 is an organization established by the American 
Committee to discharge the responsibility of promotion and support of the 
World Council in this country,, In its membership are enrolled local churches 
and individuals who contribute. A quarterly bulletin, T he World Council 
Courier ,, is sent to its members,, 

PUBLICATIONS: International Christian Press and Information -Service , weekly, 
$2„50 per year 0 

World Council Courier , quarterly, 25* per year. 

Christendom , quarterly, $3,00 per year. 

Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid in Europe f W. A. Visser 

•t Hooft, 15tfo 

The American Churches and the Churches of Europe . Samuel 

McCrea Cavert. 

What is the Church Doing . Henry P„ Van Dusen, 60*. 

The Strug gle of the Dutch Church . W„ A 0 Visser 't Hooft, 25*. 
The Church's Battle for throne's Soul . A. L. Warnshuis, 25*. 

The EXironean Churches W. T. ELmslie. 

Total list of publications available on request. 
















WORLD STUDENT RELITT 
North American Affiliated Committee 

A cooperative project of student groups to render aid to students and 
professors who are victims of war conditions 0 

8 West 40th Street Telephone: Chickering 4-5890 

New York 18, N 0 Y 0 

Roland Elliott, Executive Secretary of N.A.A.C. 

PURPOSE : The work of the WSR is administered on the basis of the follow¬ 
ing principles: 

impartial service to all students and professors in need, irrespect¬ 
ive of religion, race, country or nationality; individualized service 
with an emphasis upon intellectual, spiritual and ethical forces represent¬ 
ed by WSR and embodied in its constituent movements; rehabilitation of 
university life in its full scope rather than relief only; cooperation 
among students and faculties inspired and sustained by the ideal of inter¬ 
national student solidarity; promotion of self-help and cooperative efforts 
in addition to direct assistance; reliance upon indigenous leadership; 
cooperation with other agencies concerned with student relief." (Official 
Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : In March 1940, the International Student Service, Pax 
Romana and the World Student Christian Federation, the three major student 
organizations then in existence, created the European Student Relief Fund 
in Geneva as the coordinating agency of their student relief projects. 

In the ensuing years, ESRF expanded its activities in behalf of student 
prisoners of war and student refugees, as well as students suffering from 
famine and disease in occupied countries. 

In August 1943, the three affiliated organizations extended their coopera¬ 
tion on a world-wide scale, creating the World Student Relief as the united 
channel for their international relief activities in Europe, North America, 
China and other areas where the need might arise. The central headquarters 
of WSR is at 13 Rue de Calvin, Geneva. Andre de Blonay is the General 
Secretary. 

With the formation of WSR, the North American Affiliated Committee was 
established with an office in New York to administer the WSR program 
in the United States and Canada and in other areas more easily reached 
from this continent. 

The relief work undertaken by WSR is an international activity. In the 
United States it is supported by a separate organization, the World Student 
Service Fund, described elsewhere in the directory. The administration 





WORLD STUDENT RELIEF 


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of relief is conducted in close cooperation with private agencies, govern¬ 
ment organizations, religious groups and other existing international 
organizations as well as through WSR's own efforts and in its own name 0 

DOMESTIC OPERATIONS : The North American Affiliated Committee cooperates 
primarily with the War Prisoners* Aid of the YMCA in supplying the edu¬ 
cational needs of students and professors who are prisoners of war in Europe 
and the Far East as well as in the United States and Canada , The NAAC has 
one secretary, Dale Brown, in Canada, and another in New York, Howard Hong, 
both of whom work with the staff of War Prisoners* Aid, The program in¬ 
volves furnishing books and periodicals. For this purpose, the Individual 
Book Service was organized. Individual requests are received directly from 
the camps and through field secretaries of War Prisoners' Aid, From 
February to July 1944? Individual Book Service sent out 2500 books and pam¬ 
phlets, all donations of World Student Relief, In cooperation with War 
Prisoners' Aid, an Educational Kit was recently sent to every prison camp 
in the United States, containing 113 books, dictionaries and texts in the 
English language, for the use of instructors and students and to guide camp 
requests. The educational program has expanded and approval has been obtain¬ 
ed from Army authorities to permit the administration of courses at the 
university level, WSR has also cooperated in making it possible for stu¬ 
dents to take regular correspondence courses from American universities. 

In supplying the educational needs of Allied prisoners abroad, the NAAC 
is able, through the Individual Book Service, to fill requests for books 
originating with the individual prisoners of war. The NAAC acts as the 
agent for American student requests involving relations with American uni¬ 
versities, NAAC, in cooperation with War Prisoners* Aid, is also responsible 
for shipping, after censorship, the books collected by the World Student 
Service Fund in its periodical drives conducted in American colleges for 
Allied prisoners abroad. 

Assistance in the form of scholarships and loans is rendered to high school 
and college European refugee students in the United States through the 
Institute of International Education, Financial assistance also is given 
to the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council which is re¬ 
sponsible for relocating evacuee students and placing them in colleges 
throughout the country, 

INTERNATIONAL AC TIVITIES g Relief activities abroad may take any of the 
following forms? material relief (food,clothing, medical supplies), books 
and study materials, scholarships, help in reestablishing and strengthening 
student centers and homes, cooperating in student exchanges, and, in addi¬ 
tion, rehabilitation of intellectual, social and spiritual life, either 
directly or through the activities of constituent movements. Included in 
the beneficiaries of WSR aid are students who, because of the circumstances 
of war, may not at the time be enrolled in universities. 





WORLD STUDENT RELIEF 


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WSR also recognizes as part of its responsibility the aid and encourage¬ 
ment of students and professors in relating themselves significantly to 
community relief and reconstruction beyond the life of the university,, 

Although WSR maintains an administrative staff and a small number of train¬ 
ed relief workers, whenever possible the projects are undertaken by stu¬ 
dents and professors themselves in cooperation with other existing relief 
agencies of the country 0 

The principle of impartiality in the giving of relief has made it pos¬ 
sible for projects in Europe (administered by the European Student Relief 
Fund) to keep functioning during the war in most of the belligerent and 
occupied countries 0 Through the Geneva secretariat, contacts were made 
with camps for Allied prisoners and European nationals and books and 
supplies made their way to many students„ It was also possible for the 
traveling secretaries of WSR and War Prisoners' Aid to help in the admini¬ 
stration of university courses in these camps„ 

Relief to uprooted students in the USSR is provided by the Student De¬ 
partment of the Soviet Youth Anti-Fascist Committee with WSR funds trans¬ 
mitted through the Russian War Relief 0 

The British World Student Relief Committee is an affiliate of World 
Student Relief <> WSR operates in China, Australia, Canada, India, New 
Zealand, South Africa, France, Sweden, and Switzerland through constituent 
national committees 0 

POSTWAR PLANS g WSR has made systematic studies to determine the conditions 
and needs of students and student life in Europe* The results of these 
studies have been prepared as Postwar Reconstruction Reports by the De¬ 
partment of University Research and Information of the International Stu¬ 
dent Service,, 

World Student Relief has been recognized by UNRRA as a world agency 
specializing in the rehabilitation of university life„ WSR workers 
have already begun to operate in the Near East and Greece under the juris¬ 
diction of UNRRAo In countries where UNRRA does not exist and when UNRRA's 
work is completed, WSR will work directly through its own committees and 
in close cooperation with the governments of the countries concerned, 

FUBLICATIONS g 

Fighting Against Hunger and Despair , report of the war relief activities 
of the European Student Relief Fund* 

Serving Students in War-Time China , report of the National Student Re¬ 
lief Committeeo 

Postwar Reconstructio n Reports. 





















WORLD STUDENT SERVICE FUND 


An independent, educational and fund-raising agency for student 
relief projects, operating primarily in the colleges, universi¬ 
ties, preparatory schools, and theological seminaries of the 
United States. 

8 West 40th Street Telephone: Wisconsin 7-7686 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Sidney Lovett, Chaplain of Yale University, 

Chairman of the General Committee 
w untley Dupre, Executive Secretary 

/ 

PURPOSE : To raise money for world student relief and, in 
addition, to conduct educational campaigns to create inter¬ 
national bonds between students throughout the world and 
particularly to make American students aware of their res¬ 
ponsibilities for the intellectual, moral and physical reconstruc¬ 
tion of student life in war torn areas. 

ORGANIZATION : The work of student relief began in 1937 when the 
Far Eastern Student Emergency Fund raised money for students in 
war devastated China. With the spread of war to Europe, the Euro¬ 
pean Student Service Fund was organized in 1940 and shortly afterward 
the two Funds were merged into the Yvorld Student Service Fund. 

WSSF has two sponsors: the Student Service of America, Inc. which is 
responsible for the relief of refugee students in the United States, 
and the United States section of the World Student Christian Federa¬ 
tion which includes: the National Intercollegiate Christian Council, 
the Student Volunteer Movement, the Interseminary Movement, University 
Commission of the Council of Church Boards of Education. Although 
the principal sponsoring groups are Protestant, the funds are ad¬ 
ministered without discrimination as to religion and on an inter¬ 
national, interracial, non-political basis. 

WSSF does not administer funds under its own name. It allocates the 
administration of relief to the National Student Relief Committee in 
Chungking, the European Student Relief Fund in Geneva and the North 
American Affiliated Committee of World Student Relief in New York. 

(For details on the administration of relief abroad, see World Student 
Relief, described elsewhere in the Directory.) 

The policy and program of WSSF are determined by representatives of 
the sponsoring groups and additional cooperating organizations w v o 
compose the WSSF General Committee. Sidney Lovett, Chaplain of Yale 
University is the Chairman of the General Committee. President of 
WSSF for 1945-46 is Dr. Meta Glass, 1 resident of Sweet Eriar College. 





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The WSSF office in New York exists primarily to help colleges conduct 
drives for student relief. Its help is available in the following 
ways: visits of its traveling secretaries, provision of speakers 
for college campaigns, promotional literature and campaign aids, a 
monthly newsletter, and special reports and bulletins from t^e relief 
projects abroad. 

WSSF also sponsors periodical book collections in colleges and uni¬ 
versities in the United States for shipment abroad. 

Funds are transmitted abroad by cable under United States Treasury 
Department licenses. For the year 1944-45, WSSF has set a campaign 
goal of $500,000. 

PUBLICATIONS ; WSSF Handbook , issued annually 

WSSF Newsletter , available on request 
The Story of World Student Relief 1937-1944. , a re¬ 
port to the constituency of the World Student Service Fund 







WOMEN'S COUNCIL FOR POSTWAR EUROPE. INC . 


Voluntary educational organization in the field of international 
activities for women. 

366 Madison Avenue Telephone: Circle 6-9787 

New York 17, N. Y. 


Miss Marie Ginsberg, President 

PURPOSE : The purpose of the Council is, educationally, to bring 
American and European women together; to coordinate and act as a 
clearing-house for the international activities of existing 
women’s organizations. 

ORGANIZATION : The Women's Council for Postwar Europe, Inc., was 
founded in the spring of 1943. It is supported by contributions 
and has been aided, in some of its activities, by the Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace. It is cooperating with the 
United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction, but is 
financially independent. It is administered by a president and 
board of directors, and by an executive committee. Mrs. Carrie 
Chapman Catt, eminent leader of feminist movements, and the 
Honorable Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, former United States minister 
to Denmark, are honorary presidents. Miss Marie Ginsberg, for 
many years with the League of Nations in Geneva, is president. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Council is interested, for pur¬ 
poses of reciprocal education, in women's groups and movements, 
particularly in the liberated countries of Europe. It has no 
present foreign affiliations, but hopes eventually to promote 
groups similar to the Council in other countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Council, in cooperation with the United 
States Committee on Educational Reconstruction and New York 
University, sponsored an institute on girls' and women's edu¬ 
cation, October 20-21, 1943. It has since prepared a carefully 
compiled list of women experts who are willing tc help in the 
rehabilitation of the war-devastated countries. An agreement 
has been established with the Save the Children Federation con¬ 
cerning a relief project, kits for Europe's children, which will 
provide practical help to young mothers and their babies in al¬ 
lied European countries. Mrs. Gerda Schairer has charge of this 
project. The Council has sponsored the "treasure chest" campaign 
for the provision of books for children of devastated countries. 
The first shipment of these chests has already been made. This 
activity, which is carried on with the collaboration of schools, 
libraries, the Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and the 
children's department of the American Library Association, is 
under the direction of Madame Ninon Tallon, chairman of the book 







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committee of the Council. In addition to the "treasure chest" 
program, the Council plans to prepare and publish, in all the 
languages of the liberated countries of Europe, a series of 
children's books covering the history of the war and portray¬ 
ing deeds of devotion and comradeship by young people. The 
Council invites the collaboration of all women and women's 
organizations in its work. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership is available to all who endorse the 
Council's educational program. The fee for active membership 
is $5 a year. There are also auxiliary and junior group mem¬ 
berships at $2 and $1 a year. A minimum contribution of $50 
makes a person a sponsorj a one-time donation of $500 entitles 
one to life membership. 

PUBLICATIONS ? The Council has as yet published only a few 
pamphlets describing its work and plans. In addition to the 
children* s book series noted above, it plans, however, an 
international bulletin, to be issued at intervals, dealing 
with all subjects of international interest to women. 





WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION AND WOODROW WILSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY 


A public service foundation chiefly concerned with publications 
and education on international and postwar problems. 

8 West 40th Street Telephone: Lackawanna 4-7364 

New York 18, N. Y. 

Mrs. Burnett Mahon, Executive Director 

PURPOSE: "Its particular object: the promotion of public wel¬ 
fare, the advancement of liberal thought and the furtherance of 
peace through justice." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Woodrow Wilson Foundation was created in 1922 
in recognition of the national and international services of 
Woodrow Wilson, "who furthered the cause of human freedom and 
proposed practical methods for the cooperation of the liberal 
forces of mankind throughout the world". Funds were raised 
from 200,000 individuals by popular subscription. 

In 1929 the Woodrow Wilson Foundation established the Woodrow 
Wilson Library which contains a complete collection of docu¬ 
ments published by the League of Nations; these include the 
publications of the International Labor Office, the Permanent 
Court of International Justice, and the International Institute 
of Intellectual Cooperation. The Library contains, in addi¬ 
tion to the League documents, an extensive selection of schol¬ 
arly works in the fields of international law, international 
relations, peace, arbitration and related subjects. Its col¬ 
lection of postwar material has expanded until it is one of 
the most comprehensive in the country, an attempt having been 
made to acquire all postwar planning reports and studies from 
this country and abroad, from both public' and private agencies. 
This collection alone contains several thousand books and pam¬ 
phlets. The entire Library numbers over 10,000 volumes. The 
Library is available for research and for group meetings. It 
has been increasingly used as a postwar information center. 

The Foundation’s board of directors is headed by Arthur Sweetser, 
author and chairman of the United Nations Information Board, 
as president; Harry Gideonse, president of Brooklyn College, 
is vice-president, and Mrs. Charles E. Simonson is secretary. 

The board also includes- such public figures as Archibald MacLeish, 
Assistant Secretary of State; Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., wife 





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of the Secretary of the U. S. Treasury; Miss Marion E. Park, presi¬ 
dent emeritus of Bryn Mawr College; James T. Shotwell, author and 
publicist; Raymond Cram Swing, commentator, and Sumner Welles, former 
Assistant Secretary of State. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS: The Foundation distributes widely to schools, 
universities, libraries, organizations and interested individuals 
material pertaining to international and postwar problems. It is 
sponsoring a series of 13 broadcasts over approximately 70 radio 
stations called "How Can We Make the Victory Stick?". They are be¬ 
ing given by Dr. D. F. Fleming, professor of international relations, 
Vanderbilt University. 

The Foundation has made a number of grants to organizations carry¬ 
ing on work in the international field. During 1943-44 it gave 
*4 ,000 to the Commission to Study the Organization of the Peace, and 
a grant of $1,000 to the National League of Women Voters for a cam¬ 
paign called "Stop Isolation Now." 

The Foundation has cooperated actively with government agencies. It 
has lent its clipping files to the OWI and cooperates with the State 
Department in the distribution of certain public documents. 

On Wilson’s birthday, Deoember 28, 1944, the Foundation presented 
the Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to Marshal Jan 
Smuts of South Africa. 

PUBLICATIONS : Recent publications include: 

Our Second Chance . - quotations from prominent Americans showing 
parallels between 1919 and today. 

Official Documents Issued during the Two World Wars - Wilson* s 
Fourteen Points, the Atlantic Charter, United Nations Declara¬ 
tion, the Fulbright and Connally Resolutions, the Moscow, Cairo, 
and Teheran Declarations. 

Proposals for the Establishment of a General International Or¬ 

ganization a3 Submitted by the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, WasF- 
ington, b. C., October 9, 1944. 

World Organization: An Annotated Bibliography - compiled by 
Hans Aufricht. Revised, January, 1945. 

Woodrow Wilson - by David Loth. 

All publications are free upon request. 












WORKERS EDUCATION BUREAU OF AMERICA 


A national agency devoted to workers’ education in the United 
States. 

1440 Broadway Telephone: Pennsylvania 6-8975 

New York 18, N. Y. Cable Address: EDUCATION. 

John D. Connors, Secretary and Director 

PURPOSE: ’’The purpose of the Bureau, as originally conceived, 

in ISfcl, was to serve as a clearing-house of information and 
guidance in the development of workers' education in the United 
States. While maintaining this original aim, and enlarging its 
activities to meet new needs, the Bureau has also, during the 
past 24 years, become the recognized agency through which the 
American Federation of Labor carries on a workers’ educational 
program for its seven million members." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION: The Bureau, which was founded in 1921, is a na- 
tional educational agency with which the American Federation of 
Labor and more than 500 national and international unions, state 
federations of labor, central bodies, local unions, and workers' 
educational enterprises are affiliated. Any non-communist union 
may become an affiliate of the Bureau, which is supported by the 
membership dues of such affiliates. The headquarters of the or¬ 
ganization are in New York. William Green, president of the 
American Federation of Labor, is its honorary president. Its 
director and secretary, John D. Connors, has a long background 
in labor organization and education, and is well known as a lec¬ 
turer on economic and labor subjects. 

The Bureau has steadily broadened its program, particularly 
through the organization of institutes of labor at various col¬ 
leges and universities. The oldest continuing annual institute, 
at Rutgers University, will hold its 15th session in June, 1945. 
Others have recently been held at Wellesley, University of Den¬ 
ver, University of Nebraska, and elsewhere. The WEB does not 
conduct these institutes, but collaborates with representatives 
of the school or university, and of the labor movement, in their 
preparation. The Bureau is constantly engaged in setting up new 
institutes and in acting as advisor on other less comprehensive 
programs for labor education. In general, it handles all requests 
for information and advice on labor education in the United States. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Bureau, through its director, is 
represented on the steering committee of the Liaison Committee for 
International Education. It maintains contact with the Workers' 
Educational Associations of Great Britain, Canada, and other coun- 







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tries and with the International Labor Office in Montreal, and is a 
member of the World Association for Adult Education, with headquarters 
in London. 

Early in 1945, Mr. Connors went to England as a representative of 
American labor under the joint auspices of the OWI and the Workers' 
Educational Association of Great Britain. This tour was part of an 
exchange arrangement, under which English lecturers from the WEA have 
already visited the United States. Similar exchanges of lecturers 
with other countries are contemplated after the war. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership in the Bureau is made up of affiliated unions 
and other labor organizations. There are now more than 500 affiliates 
whose members include about 7,000,000 workers. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Bureau maintains its own press and issues an exten¬ 
sive list of books, pamphlets, outlines, syllabi, skits and reprints 
in the fields of economics, history and all aspects of the labor move¬ 
ment. These range in price from 3/ to $1.00. It also publishes a 
monthly News Letter and, at intervals, issues the Workers' Education 
News. 








WORLD EDUCATION SERVICE COUNCIL. INC 


An international educational organisation founded to promote direct 
contact across frontiers from school to school, student to student, 
and teacher to teacher. 

Room 1704 Telephone: Vanderbilt 6-1948 

2 West 45th Street 
New York 19, N. I. 

Dr. Reinhold Schairer, Executive Director 

PURPOSE : "The objectives of the corporation are . . . : (l) to en¬ 
courage and coordinate private efforts of individuals, schools, 
philanthropic agencies and educational organizations in providing 
intellectual, moral and material assistance to schools, students, 
teachers and educators of the countries that have stiffered from 
aggression and invasion; (2) to encourage and support every effort 
of individuals and groups in the various countries toward self¬ 
responsibility and cooperative self-help in the field of educa¬ 
tion . . . ; (3) to appeal to organizations, schools, students, 
teachers, educators and philanthropically mindfed persons in free¬ 
dom-loving countries to support such projects of emergency assis¬ 
tance in the field of education to the country in need and to cre¬ 
ate wherever possible personal contact between donor and receiver. 

. . ." (From the Charter) 

ORGANIZATION : The Council, founded in June, 1944, was sponsored by 
the United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction, a private 
policy group composed of outstanding individuals in the educational 
field. It operates primarily as a fund-raising organization and is 
in the process of developing a manifold distribution program which 
will involve such affiliated agencies as the Save the Children 
Federation. E. George Payne, dean of the School of Education, New 
York University, is chairman of the Council, and Dr. Reinhold 
Schairer is executive director. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : Among the founding members nominated by 
national groups are persons of prestige, such as Professor Jacques 
Maritain among the representatives for France; Henrik de Kauffmann 
among those for Denmark; Professor Jan B. Kozak for Czechoslovakia; 
Mrs. D. A. Delprat for Holland; Mrs. Sigrid Undset for Norway; Pro¬ 
fessor Woo Che Fee for China; and Dr. Sava N. Kosanovich for Yugo¬ 
slavia. The above individuals are designated soon to return to 
their own countries where they will establish groups to collaborate 
in the exchange activities of the Council. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : A tentative plan of operations includes: 

(1) kits for students, composed of such supplies as tools for 








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workshops, paper, pencils and notebooks, gathered by American 
students from schools, homes and offices. With each contribu¬ 
tion will go the name and address of the student donor as a 
means of establishing a personal contact with the recipient. 

The Save the Children Federation, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, 
cooperating with the Council, will act as the distributing 
agency for the kits; (2) "Tell the Feople" reports — a project 
for scrapbooks to be prepared by European and American students 
and teachers on subjects of mutual interest as a basis for 
reciprocal exchange of ideas and information; (3) book parcels 
(in English); ( 4 ) child health centers — individuals here 
donate $150 to establish and maintain a health center for 
about one year in one European school; (5) school sponsor¬ 
ship — collection of funds in the United States to aid 
European schools; (6) chests for physical fitness — sports 
clothing and equipment; (7) international teacher centers — col¬ 
lections to be made in the United States to establish in Europe 
centers to permit teachers from liberated countries to spend 
two or three months in centers for rest, health and exchange of 
ideas. 

MEMBERSHIP ? Membership consists of interested national groups, 
philanthropic and educational organizations and individuals. 

An educational group in or representing any country, if truly 
representative of the educational forces of the country, may 
be invited to form a National Education Service Association 
as part of the World Education Service Council. Memberships: 
individual, $5 a year; Junior (student), $2: organization, $50 
(or on the basis of individual memberships); sustaining, $100 
or more; life, $1,000; honorary contributing members, at least 
$50 a month or a lump sum of at least $5,000. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

Their Struggle Is Ours — a report on schools, students 
and teachers in the Axis-occupied countries. 






WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS 


International organization devoted to Jewish world cooperation. 


1834 Broadway 
New York 23, N. Y. 


Telephone: Circle 6-1900 
Cable Address: CONGRESS 


Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Chairman, Executive Committee 

PURPOSE : "The World Jewish Congress is a representative organ¬ 
ization designed to enable Jews the world over to cooperate in 
dealing with their common problems as citizens of their various 
countries." (Official Statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Congress was organized in 1936, as the cul¬ 
mination of efforts since the end of the first World War to 
achieve effective international dooperation for the protection 
of the democratic liberties and rights of the Jews. After the 
first meeting of the Congress, which was held in Geneva, its 
headquarters were established in London. With the outbreak of 
the war involving Great Britain, in 1939, the central offices 
of the Congress were moved to New York. The World Jewish Con¬ 
gress is closely affiliated with the American Jewish Congress, 
with which it shares office space. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: The Congress has a great number of 
foreign affiliates. It is the only remaining accredited body 
representing the Jews of Axis and occupied Europe, and has the 
cooperation and support of 17 Jewish committees-in-exile, rep¬ 
resenting the Jews of that region. The Jewish communities of 
the countries of North and South America are affiliated with 
the Congress through their central representative bodies. The 
Jewish community of Palestine is affiliated with the Congress 
through its representative body, the Vaad Leumi. Within the 
free zones of Europe, the Congress has active affiliates, the 
most important of which is the British section. The Congress 
is also represented in most of the neutral countries and in 
several of the British colonies. With the American Jewish 
Congress, it maintains the Institute of Jewish Affairs, a re¬ 
search body which is its central informational agency. 

Dr. Stephen S. Yfise, eminent American rabbi, is chairman of 
the executive committee of the World Jewish Congress. 

The Congress has been active in mobilizing the energy of its 
affiliates in United Nations countries in support of the war 
against the Axis. Within the limits of funds available and 
through such channels as the blockade makes possible, it has 







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extended material aid to Jews in occupied Europe. The Congress has 
made one of its major tasks "to receive, sift, and bring home to 
the governments and public opinion of the free countries the authen¬ 
tic facts of the horrible German program to exterminate the Jews.” 
(The World Jewish Congress ) 

The Congress has sought to gain United Nations acceptance of con¬ 
structive policies in this connection. Two' such policies it has so 
far advocated without much success: "that the United Nations at¬ 
tempt to arrange for food and medical supplies to be sent under 
neutral supervision to the stricken Jews of Europe; and for the 
evacuation of European Jews from zones where they are in danger of 
extermination." ( The World Jewish Congress ) 

The Congress has, however, been successful in gaining United Na¬ 
tions support for the policy of warning the Axis and satellite gov¬ 
ernments and peoples that the perpetrators of anti-Jewish acts 
will be punished. It has also secured the promise of representa¬ 
tives of a number of the United Nations that after the war the 
Jews will be established under conditions of legal equality, and 
that the grievous damages they suffered will, as far as possible, 
be repaired. 

In the case of territories reoccupied by the United Nations, the 
World Jewish Congress has already been instrumental in securing 
important measures of rehabilitation. Through the Institute of 
Jewish Affairs, the Congress gathers data on the Jewish situation 
from a wide variety of sources,, prepares and publishes factual 
analyses, and makes plans for postwar Jewish rehabilitation. In 
November, 1944, the Congress conducted at Atlantic City a confer¬ 
ence on current and postwar Jewish problems, at which 310 repre¬ 
sentatives from 38 countries were present. 

MEMBERSHIP : Membership in the World Jewish Congress is confined 
to representatives of its affiliated national and community groups. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Institute of Jewish Affairs, the research organ- 
ization sponsored jointly by the World Jewish Congress and the Amer¬ 
ican Jewish Congress, carries on a broad program of publication. 

In addition, the World Jewish Congress publishes in its own name a 
weekly, Jewish Comment , and occasional informational pamphlets. 















WRITERS 1 WAR BOARD 


Devoted to the mobilization of American writers in the war effort. 

122 East 42nd Street Telephone: Murray Hill 3-6800 

New York, N. I. 


Rex Stout, Chairman 

PURPOSE: The Writers' War Board "serves as a clearing-house for 
the thousands of American writers who have contributed their 
talents by preparing, generally without compensation, articles, 
scripts, stories, poems, slogans, pamphlets and books on all 
aspects of the war." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Board was organized at the request of the 
Treasury Department in December, 1941. It is a private organiza¬ 
tion of approximately 20 members, writers of books, magazine 
material, plays, and radio scripts. It is financed by private 
contributions and its chairman and members receive no salary or 
reimbursement for expenses. The Office of War Information, 
however, maintains a liaison office and small clerical staff 
at the headquarters of the Board, to handle the flow of proposals 
from government agencies. Through this office are cleared all 
requests from government agencies wishing to obtain the volunteer 
services of writers. The Board also submits through this office 
manuscripts and ideas for consideration of the appropriate 
federal agency. 

The Board has an advisory council, which never meets as a group 
but is rather a list of writers whom it can call upon for 
specific assignments. For the efficient application of special 
talent to specific problems, 33 committees have been established. 
In addition to working with the advisory council, the Board is 
in active correspondence with several thousand professional 
writers throughout the country. Rex Stout is chairman of the 
Board; Frederica Barach is executive secretary. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : The Board has cooperated with the 
Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information, and has sup¬ 
plied OWI with many articles by well-known writers or recog¬ 
nized authorities on a variety of subjects. These articles 
have been used in many countries and translated into many 
foreign languages. The Board has supplied OWI with a list of 
writers capable of delivering broadcasts in foreign languages, 
has arranged a list of top newspaper writers to handle emergency 
news assignments for short-wave broadcasts, has advised on books 
for Italian publication, and has filled special requests for 
brief speeches and statements by known writers to be used on 
notable anniversaries in Allied countries. 






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The Board has also served for over a year and a half as a 
voluntary board of editors to obtain articles for the 
British magazine, Transatlantic . designed to serve the 
British public with authentic and well-written information 
about this country. It has furnished writers for the BBC 
weekly program, "Answering You", short-waved to Ehgland every 
week. In cooperation with the Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs, the Board has supplied pamphlets, radio scripts and 
movie scripts for use in South America. It has arranged for 
recordings used in successive Canadian war loan drives. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : The Board has, since its establishment, 
cooperated with many government departments and agencies, as 
well as with numerous private organizations engaged in war 
activities. Originally organized to enlist the aid of pro¬ 
fessional writers throughout the country in the sale of war 
bonds, it was very soon urged by federal agencies other than 
the Treasury Department, as veil as by nongovernmental agencies, 
to lend its aid to many additional war projects. This it 
agreed to do and expanded its operations to include the initia¬ 
tion and execution of any enterprises that it believed might 
contribute toward the winning of the war and the peace. 

Such enterprises include the provision of speakers and lec¬ 
turers on war subjects, the arrangement of radio programs, 
and the distribution of educational material in a great 
variety of ways. Requests made by the armed services have 
received priority over all others. Material supplied, 
directly or indirectly, by the Board, has been used both for 
morale purposes in the field and for acquainting the American 
public with the armed forces. Its services on the home front 
have covered nearly the whole range of wartime and postwar 
planning activities calling for the information and stimula¬ 
tion of the American people. 

PUBLICATIONS : The Writers' War Board issues regularly a 
monthly report to writers, a set of suggested editorials for 
local newspapers; provides a brief items service to war plants 
and house organs; a similar service suited especially to the 
needs of Army camp papers; a monthly war script for local 
radio stations, colleges and schools} and a special bulletin 
for cartoonists and comics magazines. In addition to this, 
it issues an annual report and occasional statements in 
mimeographed form. 






YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

National Council 


World-wide religious membership organization of young men. 

347 Madison Avenue Telephone: Murray Hill 6-1200 

New York 17, N. Y. Cable Address: FORSEC 

Frank V. Slack, Executive Secretary of the International Board 


PURPOSE: "A world-wide fellowship of men and boys united by com- 
mon loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of developing Chris¬ 
tian personality and building a Christian society." (From a 
resolution adopted by the International Convention of YMCA's of 
North America and by the National Council of YMCA’s of the 
United States, Cleveland, August, 1931) 

ORGANIZATION : Young Men's Christian Associations are located in 
1300 places in the United States, the first of them having been 
formed in 1851 following developments in Great Britain and on the 
European continent dating back to 1844. The American Associations 
are federated in a National Council and through it in a World Al¬ 
liance with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. 

YMCA's in the United States provide individual and group activi¬ 
ties for a membership and total constituency of 2.5 million, among 
whom younger adults and older youth normally predominate. Twenty- 
five Associations conduct technical or junior colleges and voca¬ 
tional schools. Wartime programs among industrial workers and 
their families, and (through the USO) among members of the armed 
forces, have greatly increased the numbers served. The National 
Council is represented in the National Education-Recreation Coun¬ 
cil, the National Social Work Council and various other religious, 
educational and social work bodies concerned with postwar com¬ 
munity planning. 

The movement is financed by income from membership dues, revenue 
from buildings, voluntary contributions from individuals, funds, 
societies and foundations. World Service of the International Com¬ 
mittee of the YMCA's of the United States and Canada raises its 
own funds, including contributions from local YMCA Associations, 
individual contributions, and money from funds and foundations• 

Officers of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations 
of the United States include: president, Hotw.rd A. Coffin, Detroit; 
chairman of the national board, Ralph W. Harbison, Pittsburgh; 
general secretary, Eugene E. Barnett, New York; chairman of the inter¬ 
national committee. Harper Sibley, Rochester; chairman of the interna- 






YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -2- 


tional board, Cleveland E. Dodge, New York; and executive secretary 
of the international board, Frank V. Slack, New York. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Among the international activities of the 
Associateon in normal times are the following: 

Friendly Relations Work in North Amerioa: "For 30 years the YMCA, 
through its dcmmittee on friendly relations among foreign students, 
has helped to make -|pie life of tens of thousands of foreign students 
easier -- through assistance with immigration regulations, help in 
securing travel information, counselling on personnel problems, emer¬ 
gency loans, part-time employment and many other services. The Com¬ 
mittee aided 136 stranded students through emergency loans in 1940," 
( The YMCA Helps Young People to Live Normal Lives ) 

World "Y" Tours* "For 17 years the YMCA has conducted tours to 
Europe, the Far East and Latin America for American high school and 
college students. More than 1,600 young people have traveled abroad 
and studied the life and cultures of people, under trained leaders, 
in world "Y" tom* groups. 

"The international situation has lead to temporary discontinuance 
of tours to Europe, but during the summer of 1941 a small group of 
students visited South America under the leadership of Arnold E. 
Jenny, for five years director of world "Y" tours." (The YMCA 
Helps Young People to Live Normal Lives) 

Scholarships: Normally during a year up to six men from various 
parts of the world are brought here to study in colleges and in 
YMCA units, where they can participate in YMCA work. For 1946, 
there is provision in the budget for one man from Cteohoslovakia to 
ccme, if possible. 

Visits* In normal times YMCA men from Europe, South Amerioa, and 
Asia come to America to visit the YMCA. In 1943 there were some 
travels of Association leaders among other nations, such as the 
trip to North America of Hugo Cedergren, general secretary of the 
Swedish YMCA;. the visit of J. C. Ceriani, general secretary of 
Montevideo, to the United States: and the visits of ftLrper Sibley, 
of the international committee, and Dr. D. A. Davis, of the 
World*s Committee staff, to the South Amerioan Federation in the 
spring of 1944. 

Conferences* It has been the praotioe of the World's Committee to 
have a conference of all "Y*s" every four years; however, the last 
one held was the conference in India in 1937. From time to time, 
representatives of all the movements come to the United States for 
consultation. 







.YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 


The International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associa¬ 
tions of the United States and Canada directs the joint interests 
of the two National Councils in extending North American coopera¬ 
tion in personnel and financial support to YMCA movements in 
other countries. "World Service" is the title given to the work 
done by the International Committee, and its purpose is to build 
"self-directing, self-supporting and self-propagating YMCA move¬ 
ments" in the countries where it is at work. The YMCA has con¬ 
sistently followed the policy of sharing its economic resources 
with like-minded peoples, even though the period of return of value 
is undetermined. By the beginning of the war this program had 
spread to 32 countries. 

WARTIME OPERATIONS : In rebuilding independent, indigenous units 
in war-torn countries. World Service is landing men of experience 
and grants of money. These men will seek out experienced, capable 
and reliable men in each country and v/ith them reorganize the 
YMCA movements. The 1944 budget called for 52 permanent men in 
the field (18 in the Far East; 14 in South Asia, Africa, and the 
Middle East; 13 in Latin America; 7 in Italy; 2 in Poland; 1 in 
Rumania; 2 in service to Russians in Europe; 1 in Turkey) with an 
additional emergency staff of 18 (7 in the Far East; 8 in South 
Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; 1 in Bulgaria; 2 in Greece). 

"A first claim on increased assistance from North America comes 
from movements of long-established relationship which are now 
despoiled by war and which will need generous help, both in' staff 
and equipment, in rehabilitation and adjustment to new conditions. 
Such movements are those of China, Korea, the Philippines, 
Thailand, Burma, Greece, the Balkan countries, Poland, Czecho¬ 
slovakia, Italy (Rome). 

"A second group consists of long-related movements in countries 
not actually devastated by war but which the war and various 
political and economic influences have brought into enlarged sig¬ 
nificance for the postwar world and enlarged YMCA potentiality and 
need. These include India, Egypt, Palestine, and the various 
countries of Latin America." (From Policy Study Document #44, 

June 10, 1944) 

Immediate Staff Plans: The YMCA has been requested to come back 
into Greece and reestablish a Greek YMCA as soon as possible. 

There was a YMCA and one American representative in Salonika 
(and, of course, other Greek YMCA Associations in Greece), but in 
1939 the Metaxas government closed such establishments as the 
Salonika YMCA, and the national youth movement took over the 
other Associations. World Service is planning to send two 
people "under the umbrella of UNRRA" to reestablish the Greek 








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YMCA. This -will not be a relief agency, but will get together depend¬ 
able, experienced, capable local leaders and see what can be done to 
aid in local rehabilitation of the country. 

To Italy the YMCA hopes to send Claude Nelson (under UNRRA). It had 
a building in Rome, Piazza Indipendenza, which was loaned to the 
Red Cross at the beginning of the war. Eventually the hope is to 
have a new and improved building in Rome. 

Recently World Service has sent Paul Anderson, its senior man in 
Europe, to London and Paris. He is also representing War Prisoners' 

Aid of the YMCA and the French War Relief Societies in the United 
States. He will also be connected with the negotiations in Paris 
between the Russian-Church-in-Exile, the Anglican and Protestant 
Episcopal Church, and the Russian Church in the USA. He has a col¬ 
league, Donald Lowrie, of YMCA, who has been there since September 
at the City University. Lowrie is working from Geneva as his base 
wdth the YMCA World’s Committee War Prisoners’ Aid, with the Russians 
in Paris, and is continuing his work wath interned American aviators 
in Switzerland. 

To Poland, World Service plans to return Paul Super, who was director 
of the w/ell-established Polish YMCA before the war and who has been 
directing activities of the Polish YMCA from here in recent years. 
Buildings had been built in Warsaw/, Lodz, and Krakow, w/hich have been 
allowed to function on a restricted basis, such as having a soup 
kitchen for children. There has been no direct communication with 
them, but contact has been maintained through War Prisoners' Aid 
(Switzerland). 

One man, Ezra Young, is in Istanbul. The organization is not of¬ 
ficially called the YMCA there, but is called Dershane, an American 
School; it has the same program as the YMCA, and to it World Ser¬ 
vice sends $1,000 a year. 

POSTWAR PLANS IN THE USA: Acting on behalf of the National Board, a 
committee on public affairs, a centennial committee (to observe the 
original organization in London in 1844), a research council, and 
other groups are engaged in planning and promoting studies and pro¬ 
gram adjustments in local Associations looking toward the postwar 
period: (l) adjusting noraal programs to wartime and postwar needs; 

(2) strengthening.vital religion and stimulating world thinking and ac¬ 
tion among the 2.5 million members and other participants; (3) creat¬ 
ing a sense of responsibility for the new/ world order; and (4) pro¬ 
viding guidance and re-education for youth during the demobilization 
and reconstruction period. Local YMCA's are, normally, related to 
community committees dealing with re-employment, guidance, and edu¬ 
cational planning. 




YOUllG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -5- 


MEMBERSHIP r Open to boys and young men, -without restriction of 
creed or color, who are in accord with its purposes, ideals and 
spirit. 

Dues vary according to local conditions. 

PUBLICATIONS : 

National Council Bulletin -- monthly. 

Postwar Concerns of the YMCA — supplement to the National 
Council Bulletin ; 1943. 

In Wartime and After — summary of the triennial assembly 
of YMCA secretaries; Paul M. Limbert, editor; 1942. 

War Service and the Peacetime Program of the American YMCA - 

reprint from the YMCA Year Book for 1941; Owen E. Pence, editor; 

1942- 

Educating for Civic Responsibilities — by Paul M. Limbert; 

1941. 


Guide to Local YMCA Planning, Program Services, National 

B o ard —' 1943. 


Today's Youth and Tomorrow's World — 1939 





















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YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

National Board 


An organization advancing the physical, social, intellectual, 
moral, and spiritual interests of young women* 


600 Lexington Avenue 
New York 22, N. Y. 


Telephone: Plaza 3-4700 
Cable Address: EMISSARIUS 


Miss Margaret E. Forsyth, Executive of the Foreign Division 

PURPOSE : "To unite in one body the Young Women's Christian As¬ 
sociations of the United States; to establish, develop and unify 
such Associations; to cooperate with the National YWCA's in other 
countries in developing their organizations; to advance the 
physical, social, intellectual, moral and spiritual interests 
of young women." (Official statement) 

ORGANIZATION : The Young Women's Christian Association originated 
in Qagland in 1855. A similar movement was begun in 1858 in 
New York City. The present national organization was created 
in 1906 with the National Board and executive committee as its 
executive bodies. 

The Association in this country has a voting membership of ap¬ 
proximately 560,000 women and girls composing 1,403 local units, 
representing such varied groups as business and industrial women, 
home women, college and university students, secondary school 
students, young employed girls, Negroes, Indians and the foreign- 
born. Users of facilities, participants of activities, etc., 
number about 2,950,738* The organization's programs vary from 
service to individuals, such as providing housing and food, to the 
most carefully developed group work along accepted modern lines. 
The central emphasis is on the development of the individual and 
the building of a society in which Christian ideals of living may 
be realized as fully as possible. 

The National Board is financed by income from endowment and con¬ 
tributions from individuals, local YWCA's and foundations, sale 
of publications and conference fees. The regular annual budget 
averages approximately $1,000,000. The World Emergency and War 
Victims Fund receives gifts from the National War Fund and the 
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YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -2- 
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WARTIME OPERATIONS : Three special wartime progrems have teen added to the 
regular work of the Association: 

(a) The USO Division of the YWCA, financed hy the USO through the National 
War Fund, whereby the YWCA as one of six member agencies serves women and 
men in the armed forces and in war production plants. 

(b) The World Emergency and War Victims program, financed through the 
National War Fund and the Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Recon¬ 
struction, which provides money and personnel to strengthen the war work 
of the YWCA overseas wherever women are in need of help. 

(c) The YWCA War Community Service, financed through appeals to war chests 
by American War-Community Services, Inc., of which the YWCA is one of six 
or seven member agencies. This service is developed for war industry com¬ 
munities where the need is great. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : For the purposes of producing international con¬ 
fidence through a central consultative process and to insure joint world 
planning, the American YWCA in 189^ helped to organize an international 
body known as the World's Young Women's Christian Association. Although 
the National Board participates in the work of the World’s Council through 
attendance at its meetings and helping in its policy determination, having 
indeed the largest number of members on its Council and the greatest 
financial investment in its budget of any country, yet as an autonomous 
national movement with an extensive international service program, it oper¬ 
ates directly with the YWCA's in those countries where it has assumed serv¬ 
ice projects. 

The types of service in which the American YWCA specializes abroad incltde 
shelter, food service, individual counseling, education, leadership train¬ 
ing, group work, community cooperation, camps, health education and recrea¬ 
tion. The service rendered is selective rather than of mass volume and 
directed primarily to women and girls. 

There are 3^ Americans now serving with the YWCA in 13 countries abroad, 
exclusive of Canada. ftiey are all American citizens except one, who is 
Canadian. In a country or center where the YWCA has a strong indigenous 
development, the American staff works as apart of that unit, butvhere the 
work in the field is not well organized the American staff assumes major 
responsibility. American staff members seek to develop leaders within 
each country, the Americans thus serving in an advisory rather than in a 
detailed executive fashion as soon as the situation permits. 












YOUNG WOMEN* S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -3- 
Natlonal Board 


A summary of the present disposition of overseas personnel will give 
some idea of foreign activities. In the Middle East there is a sec¬ 
retary in Istanbul who has been there since 1920. OWI has been work¬ 
ing with her there at the Service Center. There are two American 
secretaries assigned to Beirut. One is general secretary and the 
other is concentrating on program to meet needs caused by the war. 

A few other women have been sent to the Middle East to work with the 
British War Services program. 

Three are in Italy where they are working with the Allied Women's 
Army under the British YWCA. Three more have been loaned to UNHBA 
to go into Greece. Another has been sent to Cairo to go into Burma 
to work with the War Services of the Britich YWCA. 

Five have been loaned to England to do regular YWCA work and are 
heading the organisation in city Associations. One is in Newfoundland 
working in conjunction with the Canadian movement. The YWCA supports 
a secretary in India who is director of welfare work for women in the 
services. 


The Association has always had a large interest in the China YWCA, 
which is very strong. It has a regular staff of five Americans there 
and gives a sizable sum to China from the War Fund. 

In South America the YWCA has one secretary in Bio and another is on 
her way there; the War Fund makes a grant to war service program for 
the Bio YWCA. There are three American secretaries in the Argentine, 
and one in Chile and a second going there; two are in Mexico with a 
third to be added. 


Another international activity is a program for the development of 
leadership among women of other countries. 


Between I 9 U 0 and 1944 a total of 30 different staff members from 11 
countries had received specialized training in the United States. 
The majority of these were under the supervision of the department 
of study. Geographically they represented Bolivia, British Guiana, 
China, India, Jamaica, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Newfoundland, New 
Zealand, Philippine Islands and Uruguay. Of this total, two were 
enabled by the Foreign Division to go to other countries for train¬ 
ing, one secretary from Malaya to China and one from Uruguay to 
Argentina. 


While the number of secretaries coming to the United States for 
orofessional training was reduced after war began, the number of 
foreign visitors, students and non-students with whom the Fore gn 
Division had active contacts increased greatly. In the summer of 







YOUNG WOMEN 1 S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -14- 
National Board 


1944, the Foreign Division experimented with planning experiences of 
training value on the membership level, when three Mexican business 
girls were brought to the United States, two to participate in the 
Southwestern Business and Industrial Conference and one to attend the 
Office Workers' Summer School, Many of these leaders from abroad 
who were forced to prolong their stay here in the United States in¬ 
definitely because of the war were helped to know and become acquainted 
with the YWCA and its program, thus preparing them for postwar leader 
ship in their own countries. In I9U0 the Foreign Division was in close 
touch with 32 individuals from 12 countries; by 19^3 the number had in¬ 
creased to 2g6 from 53 countries and in 19*W the number continued to 
grow. Of these in I9&3, persons of 26 countries enjoyed especially 
selected experiences in the YWCA, such as local Association visits, 
camp and conference attendance, and in 19^+ (January through August) 

93 persons from 32 countries. 

As the total number increased in recent years, students from countries 
heretofore having no contact with the Foreign Division were included, 
notably Iceland, the Soviet Union, and Thailand. European refugees 
wanted to register their interest in postwar reconstruction work, hoping 
to return home after the war. As the number from the Far East decreased, 
with the exception of the large China group stuck in the United States 
for the duration, the number of new arrivals from Latin American countries 
increased. 

POSTWAR PLANS ; 1. The American YWCA can make available its existing con¬ 
tacts and facilities to serve or supplement government and semi-government 
agencies. Since these contacts and facilities are not limited to the 
United States but exist in many countries, they should be of practical 
value in connection with reconstruction. 

2. The special service the American YWCA assumes it will be asked to 
render abroad when hostilities cease is the restoring of the YWCA in cere¬ 
tain countries where property has been destroyed, leadership rendered in¬ 
active and program discontinued or severely modified. This restoration 
will be for the purpose of insuring that the YWCA of the country plays its 
natural part in the rehabilitation of that country. The YWCA will probably 
be called on to help with large numbers of women and child refugees, with 
women and girls who are undernourished and broken in morale, with those who 
are seeking to rebuild their homes and find work. Since the YWCA has women 
of unusual leadership in its group and since these women constitute a 
potential nucleus for service the moment they are free to undertake it, the 
Association can be of immediate and exceptional service. Financial and. 
program aid will, however, have to be provided at first. In other words. 
Associations abroad need to be mobilized and enabled. 

3# Within the United States, the National Board will continue its services 
in connection with enemy alien interned women, refugees, groups of exiles 
and the Japanese-American relocation centers. 












YOUNG WOMEN*S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -5- 
Katlonal Board 


4. The National Board would be willing to nominate a few carefully 
selected and especially equipped women, both Americans and other 
nationalities, to serve in government or semi-government groups in 
the early reconstruction period. It believes its long personnel 
experience and wide contacts would make this proposal of practical 
aid. 

In addition to 34 now in overseas posts, the National Board can 
swiftly draw on workers who have served abroad who are now in 
positions in the United States and it can draw also on its secre¬ 
tariat of approximately 3,000 in YWCA’s and USO centers throughout 
the country. 

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION : The National Board constantly aids in the 
development of programs in community and student associations in 
the broad field of international education. This endeavor builds 
on interests in YWCA work in other countries and also on obliga¬ 
tions of women and girls as American citizens. The objective is 
to increase interest in and understanding of other nations, so 
that the strength of Christian ideals can be mobilized in the 
building of a world community. 

MEMBERSHIP t Each of the local units determines whether its members 
pay duesor not and practice is variable. Standard fee is $1.00. 

PUB L IC A TIONS: 

Thfl Oman’s Press , published monthly. 
























































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AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED 


by the 

Division of Foreign Information Research 

as of February 14, 1945 

(arranged categorically by fields of principal interest) 


ADVERTISING (0) 

AERONAUTICS (0) 

AGRICULTURE (0) 

AMERICANA (0) 

ARCHITECTURE (2) 

American Institute of Architects 

International Congresses for Modern Architecture (Chapter for 
Relief and Postwar Planning, Inc.) 

ARMED FORCES (l) 

National Vocational Guidance Association 
ARTS (13) 

American Academy of Arts and Letters 

American Designers Institute 

American Institute of Decorators 

American Institute of Graphic Arts 

College Art Association of America 

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 

Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 

Iranian Institute of America 

Pierpont Morgan Library 

National Association of Women Artists, Inc. 

National Institute of Arts and Letters 
National Sculpture Society 
New York Historical Society 
COMMERCE (0) 

COMMUNICATIONS (0) 

COMMUNITY LIFE (9) 

American Public Health Association 

American War-Community Services 

Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. 

Cooperative League of the U. S. of America 
Institute of Educational Research 
National Committee on Housing, Inc. 

National Federation of Settlements 
National Recreation Association, Inc. 

National Safety Council, Inc. 

COOPERATIVES (l) 

Cooperative League of the U. S. of America 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -2 


ECONOMICS (4) 

Cooperative League of the U. S. of America 
League for Industrial Democracy, Inc. 

Public Affairs Committee 
Twentieth Century Fund 
EDUCATION (67) 

American Association for Adult Education 

American Association for an International Office for Education 

American Council on Education 

American Education Fellowship 

American Guild of Organists 

American Institute of Graphic Arts 

American Institute of Physics 

American Jewish Committee 

American Jewish Congress 

American ORT Federation 

American Schools and Colleges Association 

Association of American Colleges 

Boys' Clubs of America, Inc. 

Boy Scouts of America 

China Institute in America, Inc. 

College Art Association of America 
College Entrance Examination Board 
Committee for Refugee Education 
Commonwealth Fund 

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 
Council for Democracy, Inc. 

Council on Foreign Affairs, Inc. 

English-Speaking Union of the United States, Inc. 

Foreign Policy Association, Inc. 

Girl Scouts, Inc. 

Institute for Intercultural Studies, Inc. 

Institute of Current World Affairs 
Institute of Educational Research 
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 
Institute of International Education 
Institute of Jewish Affairs 
Intercollegiate Musical Council, Inc. 

International House 

International Student Assembly (and United States Student Assembly) 

Iranian Institute of America 

Italian Labor Education Bureau 

Juilliard School of Music 

League for Industrial Democracy, Inc. 

Liaison Committee for International Education 
Manhattan School of Education 
Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. 

Pierpont Morgan Library 

National Conference of Christians and Jews 




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AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -3- 


EDUCATION (continued) 

National Council of Soviet-American Friendship 
National Education Association 
National Education-Recreation Council 

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs 
National League of Nursing Education 
National Orchestral Association 
National Recreation Association, Inc. 

National Vocational Guidance Association 

Near East Foundation 

Netherland-America Foundation, Inc. 

New School for Social Research 
New York Historical Society 
Public Affairs Committee 
Rockefeller Foundation 
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc. 

Social Science Research Council 
Students International Union, Inc. 

United China Relief, Inc. 

United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction 
Women's Council for Postwar Europe, Inc. 

Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Library 
Workers Education Bureau of America 
World Education Service Council 
World Jewish Congress 
FASHIONS (0) 

FOOD AND NUTRITION (l) 

American Public Health Association 
GEOGRAPHY (0) 

GOVERNMENT, U. S. (2) 

Institute of International Education 
United Nations Information Office and Board 
HEALTH AND MEDICINE (15) 

American Foundation for the Blind 
American Occupational Therapy Association 
American Public Health Association 
American-Soviet Medical Society 
American War-Community Services 
American Women's Hospitals 
Commonwealth Fund 

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 

Medical Administration Service 

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis 

National Health Council 

National League of Nursing Education 

National Medical Association 

National Tuberculosis Association 

Rockefeller Foundation 



AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -4' 


HISTORY, U. S. (1) 

New York Historical Society 
HOUSING (2) 

National Committee on Housing, Inc. 

Twentieth Century Fund 
INDUSTRY (3) 

American Management Association, Inc. 

American Standards Association 
National Safety Council, Inc. 

INTERIOR DECORATING (1) 

American Institute of Decorators 
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (30) 

American Association for an International Office for Education 
American Federation for Polish Jews, Inc. 

American Jewish Committee 

American Jewish Conference 

American Jewish Congress 

Americans United for World Organization 

Central and Eastern European Planning Board 

Council on Foreign Affairs, Inc. 

English-Speaking Union of the United States, Inc. 

Foreign Policy Association, Inc. 

Freedom House, Inc. 

Free World Association 
Institute of Current World Affairs 
Institute of International Education 
Institute of Jewish Affairs 

Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc., American Council of 
International House 
International Migration Service 

International Student Assembly (and United StateBStudent Assembly) 
Iranian Institute of America 
League of Nations Association, Inc. 

Liaison Committee for International Education 
National Council of Soviet-American Friendship 
Rockefeller Foundation 
Save the Children Federation, Inc. 

Students International Union, Inc. 

Unitee Nations Information Board and Office 
United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction 
World Education Service Council 
World Jewish Congress 
JOURNALISM (0) 

LABOR (4) 

American ORT Federation 
Italian Labor Education Bureau 
Twentieth Century Fund 
Workers Education Bureau of America 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED - 5 - 


LAW (0) 

LEARNED SOCIETIES, FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTES ( 9 ) 

Commonwealth Fund 

Institute of Educational Research 

Institute of International Education 

New York Historical Society 

Rockefeller Foundation 

Alfred P* Sloan Foundation, Inc. 

Social Science Research Council 
Twentieth Century Fund 

Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Woodrow Wilson Memorial Library 
LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS (2) 

Pierpont Morgan Library 
Special Libraries Association 
LITERATURE ( 5 ) 

American Academy of Arts and Letters 
Authors’ Guild 

Authors' League of America, Inc. 

National Institute of Arts and Letters 
Writers' War Board 
MAGAZINES (l) 

American-Soviet Medical Society 
MERCHANDISING (0) 

MOVIES (1) 

Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Inc. 

MUSIC (20) 

American Academy of Arts and Letters 
American Composers Alliance, Inc. 

American Guild of Organists 

American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers 
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester 
Intercollegiate Musical Council, Inc. 

Juilliard School of Music 
League of Composers 
Manhattan School of Music 
Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. 

National Association for American Composers and Conductors 
National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, Inc. 

National Institute of Arts and Letters 
National Music Council, Inc. 

National Orchestral Association 
New Friends of Music, Inc. 

Oratorio Society of New York 
Philharmonic-Symphony League of New York 
Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York 
Rachmaninoff Memorial Fund, Inc. 

NATIONAL GROUPS AND CULTURES (26) 

American Federation for Polish Jews, Inc. 

American Jewish Committee 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -6 


NATIONAL GROUPS AND CULTURES (continued) 

American Jewish Conference 
American Jewish Congress 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 
American ORT Federation 
Belgian War Relief Society, Inc. 

China Institute in America, Inc. 

English-Speaking Union of the United States, Inc. 

Greek War Relief Association, Inc. 

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 

Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Association 

Institute of Jewish Affairs 

International House 

International Migration Service 

Italian Labor Education Bureau 

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 

National Conference of Christians and Jews 

National Council of Jewish Women 

National Council of Soviet-American Friendship 

National Medical Association 

Netherland-America Foundation, Inc. 

United China Relief, Inc. 

United Jewish Appeal 

United Nations Information Board and Office 
World Jewish Congress 
NATURAL RESOURCES (1) 

Twentieth Century Fund 
PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS (0) 

POLICE (0) 

POLITICAL SCIENCE (2) 

League of Nations Association, Inc. 

New School for Social Research 
POLLS, PUBLIC OPINION (0) 

POSTWAR PLANNING (20) 

American Association for an International Office for Education 

American Jewish Conference 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 

American Management Association, Inc. 

Americans United for World Organization 
Church Peace Union 

Committee to Study the Organization of the Peace 
Council for Democracy, Inc. 

Federal Council of Churches of ChristIn America 
Freedom House, Inc. 

Free World Association 

Greek War Relief Association, Inc. 

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 
League of Nations Association, Inc. 

Postwar World Council 
Twentieth Century Fund 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -7- 


POSTWAR PLANNING (continued) 

United Nations Information Office and Board 
United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction 
Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Woodrow Wilson Memorial Library 
World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches 
PUBLIC WORKS (0) 

RADIO (0) 

RECREATION (9) 

Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 
Boys' Clubs of America, Inc. 

Boy Scouts of America 
Camp Fire Girls, Inc. 

Girl Scouts, Inc. 

National Education-Recreation Council 
National Federation of Settlements 
National Recreation Association, Inc. 

United Seamen's Service 
RELIEF, FOREIGN (31) 

American Federation for Polish Jews, Inc. 

American Field Service 

American Jewish Conference 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 

American Relief for France, Inc. 

Belgian War Relief Society, Inc. 

Christian Science War Relief Depot 
Church Committee for China Relief 
Church Committee for Relief in Asia 
Congregational Christian Service Committee 
Ehglish-Speaking Union of the United States, Inc. 

Foreign Missions Conference of North America 
Greek War Relief Association, Inc. 

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Association 
International Migration Service 
International Missionary Council 
National Council of Jewish Women 

National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA 
Near East Foundation 
Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc. 

Russian War Relief, Inc. 

Save the Children Federation, Inc. 

Unitarian Service Committee 
United China Relief, Inc. 

United Jewish Appeal 

United States Committee for the Care of European Children, Inc. 
War Belief Services, National Catholic Welfare Conference 
Women's Council for Postwar Europe, Inc. 

World Education Service Council 

Young Men's Christian Association, National Council of 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -8 


RELIGION (22) 

American Bible Society 
American-European Fellowship 
American Guild of Organists 
Christian Science War Relief Depot 
Church Committee for China Relief 
Church Committee for Relief in Asia 
Church Peace Union 

Congregational Christian Service Committee 
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America 
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. 

Foreign Missions Conference of North America 
International Missionary Council 
Lutheran Welfare Council 
National Conference of Christians and Jews 

National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA 
Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc. 

Unitarian Service Committee 

War Relief Services, National Catholic Welfare Conference 
World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches 
World Council of Churches 

Young Men's Christian Association, National Council of 
Young Women's Christian Association, National Council of 
SCIENCE (6) 

American Institute of Physics 
American-Soviet Medical Society 
American Standards Association 
Commonwealth Fund 

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 
Rockefeller Foundation 
SOCIAL PROBLEMS ( 48 ) 

American Association for Adult Education 
American Association of Social Workers 
American Federation for Polish Jews, Inc. 

American Foundation for the Blind 

American Jewish Committee 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 

American Occupational Therapy Association 

American ORT Federation 

American Prison Association 

American Public Health Association 

American War-Community Services 

Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. 

Boys' Clubs of America, Inc. 

Boy Scouts of America 

Child Welfare League of America, Inc. 

Committee for Refugee Education 
Commonwealth Fund 

Cooperative League of the U. S. of America 
Council for Democracy, Inc. 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED -9 


SOCIAL PROBLEMS (continued) 

Family Welfare Association of America 
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc, 

Girl Scouts, Inc, 

Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Association 
International Migration Service 
League for Industrial Democracy, Inc, 

Lutheran Welfare Council 
Medical Administration Service 

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
National Committee on Housing, Inc, 

National Conference of Christians and Jews 
National Council of Jewish Women 

National Council of Women of the United States, Inc, 

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs 

National Federation of Settlements 

National Information Bureau 

National Refugee Service 

National Safety Council, Inc. 

National Tuberculosis Association 
National Vocational Guidance Association 
Public Affairs Committee 
Social Science Research Council 
Twentieth Century Fund 
Unitarian Service Committee 
United Jewish Appeal 
United Seamen's Service 

War Relief Services, National Catholic Welfare Conference 
Young Men's Christian Association, National Council of 
Young Women's Christian Association, National Council of 
TECHNOLOGY (6) 

American Institute of Electrical Engineers 

American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 

American Management Association, Inc, 

American Society of Civil Engineers 
National Safety Council, Inc, 

Society of Motion Picture Engineers 
THEATRE, LEGITIMATE (0) 

TRANSPORTATION (0) 

WAR AND WAR AIMS (4) 

American Field Service 
American Jewish Conference 
United Nations Information Board and Office 
Writers' War Board 
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES (10) 

American Women's Hospitals 

Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. 

Fn g lgh»F,p ApiHng Union of the United States, Inc. 

Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 


AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS INTERVIEWED - 10 


WOMEN 1 S ACTIVITIES (continued) 

National Association of Women Artists, Inc. 

National Council of Jewish Women 

National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. 

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs 
National League of Nursing Education 
Women's Council for Postwar Europe, Inc. 

YOUTH (12) 

Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 
Boys' Clubs of America, Inc. 

Boy Scouts of America 
Camp Fire Girls, Inc. 

Child Welfare League of America, Inc. 

Firl Scouts, Inc. 

International Student Assembly (and the United States Student Assembly) 
National Council of Jewish Women 
Save the Children Federation, Inc. 

United States Committee for the Care of European Children, Inc. 

Young Men's Christian Association, National Council of 
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